#liedetector — Public Fediverse posts

#Polygraphs have major flaws. Are there better options?
#privacy #security #rights #liedetector #flawedscience

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/polygraphs-have-major-flaws-are-there-better-options/

Body language expert explains how the winner of ‘The Traitors’ spotted liars and how to do it yourself

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors

Body language expert explains how the winner of ‘The Traitors’ spotted liars and how to do it yourself

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors

Body language expert explains how the winner of ‘The Traitors’ spotted liars and how to do it yourself

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors

Body language expert explains how the winner of ‘The Traitors’ spotted liars and how to do it yourself

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-baseling-and-how-it-was-used-on-traitors

Little Lie Detector is Probably No Worse Than The Big Ones https://hackaday.com/2025/12/02/little-lie-detector-is-probably-no-worse-than-the-big-ones/ #MedicalHacks #liedetector #polygraph #arduino

In several government agencies - including the #DHS, the #DOJ & the #DoD - managers told employees they would have to undergo #LieDetector tests, or #polygraphs, after unclassified information was reported in the media, 6 government workers told Reuters.

#Polygraph results are rarely used as evidence in U.S. courts because of doubts surrounding their reliability.

#Trump #paranoia #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy

"#employer made us take fake #liedetector tests to trap a #stealing #receptionist"

https://www.askamanager.org/2024/09/employer-made-us-take-fake-lie-detector-tests-to-trap-a-stealing-receptionist.html

🇬🇧EU governments nod off the #AIAct, paving the way for #biometricmasssurveillance via ubiquitious real-time #facesurveillance in the EU. Read the scathing criticism from civil
society: https://reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-will-fail-commitment-to-ban-biometric-mass-surveillance/ #emotionrecognition #liedetector #racialprofiling
#Pirates

Here’s a longer take I’ve written.

From ‘The Traitors’ to generative AI and the racist history of the polygraph - why it’s time to call bullshit on the reading of facial expressions.

https://www.mattpotter.com/traitors-prejudice-and-the-bullshit-industrial-complex/

#generativeai #polygraph #traitors #racism #DetectiveFiction #nicolabulley #microexpressions #facialanalysis #artificialintelligence #liedetector #history #psychology

The Lie Detector Was Never Very Good at Telling the Truth

Taking a #polygraph test is always stressful, and the results are often flawed. So why have police been using it for 100 years?

#liedetector

https://www.wired.com/story/lie-detector-never-very-good-at-telling-truth/