Technology and big brother equipment, for better or worse, have taken us to the next possible step in TSA screening. A passenger’s increased heart rate and heavy breathing sets off an alarm. A machine senses his skin temperature fluctuation, and TSA crews move in to question him and further the investigation. Is he a terrorist? Or is he simply a passenger nervous about flying?
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 undependable and misused.
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 screeners 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.
