New TSA Spy Gadgets to Screen Travelers
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Technology has now taken us to the next generation of TSA screening. The U.S. government is now implemeting equipment that can sense changes in pulse rate and breathing. These minute changes, invisible to the naked eye can even sense tiny changes in skin temperature and set TSA crews into action to further interview and assess a possible terrorist. Or, could they be interrogating an innocent passenger that's simply afraid to fly?
The Feds have great hopes that this high tech big brother technology will pay off big. The biometric equipment is ow being tested and implemented by the TSA, in airports all over the US. Critics state that such types of screenings may be invasive and mishandled.
The biometrics measure vital signs the same way a polygraph machine would. It checks for variations in heart rate, breathing and temperature, looking for changes that would be found in a person with stress and anxiety. The difference in these machines, is that they don't require the subject to be hooked up to wires. It scans them as they 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.
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