High-tech gadgets for better or worse have taken us to the next level of TSA screening. We can now detect a passenger's quickened pulse and labored breathing, to set off warnings that he may be a terrorist. A simple indication that the skin temperature is rising, may set TSA crews into action prompting an invasive interrogation. Is he a terrorist? Or is suffering a simple fear of flying?
The Department of Homeland Security has recently invested in biometric sensing equipment, trying to forecast and identify criminals before they strike. However there are many critics that maintain that the methods are flawed, subject to mistakes,and potentially invasive to innocent travelers.
Proponents of the new equipment claim it is fast and portable, measuring vital signs similarly as a polygraph would, with a single major difference. It doesn't require wires to be physically connected to the person of interest. That makes scanning covert and quick as the subject merely needs to walk by a set of cameras.
The Transportation Safety Administration has recruited and trained over 2000 employees to pick out those passengers that seem nervous. The new system is designed to be portable and quick, and is hoped to scan people as they walk around the train station and airport. Those flagged by the machine would receive a more depth interview, directly in front of the camera that is set up to pick up even the slightest facial movements. - 15437
The Department of Homeland Security has recently invested in biometric sensing equipment, trying to forecast and identify criminals before they strike. However there are many critics that maintain that the methods are flawed, subject to mistakes,and potentially invasive to innocent travelers.
Proponents of the new equipment claim it is fast and portable, measuring vital signs similarly as a polygraph would, with a single major difference. It doesn't require wires to be physically connected to the person of interest. That makes scanning covert and quick as the subject merely needs to walk by a set of cameras.
The Transportation Safety Administration has recruited and trained over 2000 employees to pick out those passengers that seem nervous. The new system is designed to be portable and quick, and is hoped to scan people as they walk around the train station and airport. Those flagged by the machine would receive a more depth interview, directly in front of the camera that is set up to pick up even the slightest facial movements. - 15437
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