If Homeland Security can read your mind, then author George Orwell definitely read the future correctly.
This news story sounds a little too 1984, but Fox News reported it, so I guess that's not too suprising.
Apparently Homeland Security has created MALINTENT, the brainchild of the cutting-edge Human Factors division in Homeland Security's directorate for Science and Technology. This machine thing searches your body for non-verbal cues that predict whether you mean harm to your fellow passengers.
Ummm, how many times have impulsive people thought, "that guy took the last doughnut, I wish he would die!" Well, now you can get arrested for it.
This is not only stupid, but harmful to everyone thinking thoughts (don't worry Bush your safe).
You can read this story (if you have the stomach to handle Fox News) and watch this video. It's more like watching a clip from a dumb sci-fi movie than a serious attempt at stopping terrorists.
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