Their system is supposed to detect lying from facial expressions. The only kind of "science" purporting to back this possibility is the work of the psychologist, Paul Ekman, which is based on flimsy evidence at best. A gigantic hint that this "research" is a bunch of hooey is his claim to have identified 29 "wizzards of deception detection" [1]- in very, very literal terms those are people with the magickal power to tell when someone is lying just by looking at their face (and magickally perceiving revealing facial expressions, subconsciously).
The iBorderCtrl system might indeed be replaced by a wizzard, or, why not be more inclusive, a witch, with a magick wand pointed to the traveller, while questions are being asked of them. If the traveller is telling the truth, the wand will jump up, if they're lying it will dive down. The witch is not moving the wand! She's only channeling the MAGICK!
The same magick being channelled by this revolting misuse of technology for the most odious purpose imaginable. It is not a coincidence that this "prototype" is being deployed in Hungary, the country in the EU that has embraced populist, xenophobic tendencies as no other, having elected a master of the craft, Viktor Orbán, as a prime minister and head of government.
This is such utter, utter bullshit. I cannot believe that the Commission agreed to all this. What the fucking fuck.
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[1] http://www.communicationcache.com/uploads/1/0/8/8/10887248/o...