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April 18, 2012 12:00 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/yXTdlgK8TdI/why-the-dhss-pre-crime-biome.html
Why the DHS's pre-crime biometric profiling is doomed to fail, and will doom passengers with its failures
In The Atlantic, Alexander Furnas debunks the DHS's proposal for a "precrime" screening system that will attempt to predict which passengers are likely to commit crimes, and single those people out for additional screening. FAST (Future Attribute Screening Technology) "will remotely monitor physiological and behavioral cues, like elevated heart rate, eye movement, body temperature, facial [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/yXTdlgK8TdI/why-the-dhss-pre-crime-biome.html
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