Brain Scanning May Be Used In EU Security Checks 132
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from the Guardian: "Distinctive brain patterns could become the latest subject of biometric scanning after EU researchers successfully tested technology to verify identities for security checks. The experiments, which also examined the potential of heart rhythms to authenticate individuals, were conducted under an EU-funded inquiry into biometric systems that could be deployed at airports, borders and in sensitive locations to screen out terrorist suspects."
The same article says that "The Home Office, meanwhile, has confirmed rapid expansion plans of automated facial recognition gates: 10 will be operating at major UK airports by August."
I wonder what Bruce Schneier would have to say about such elaborate measures.
Yes! Psi cops! (Score:5, Funny)
No fly list (Score:4, Funny)
This passenger has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of a plane-jacking terrorist.
Could brain formatting be next? (Score:4, Funny)
What if airport security accidentally invokes brainscan with the --format flag? Also, does this mean brains are open source now?
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Medical benefits? (Score:4, Funny)
They'll have to up the minimum requirements for being the security check person from "some highschool" to "med school graduate"
Now offering free prostate exams with every flight!
Re:Reality called (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Could brain formatting be next? (Score:3, Funny)
On second thought, maybe that's not such a good idea.
US already uses this technology at the Capitol (Score:3, Funny)
If brain activity is detected, then you are not a Senator.
Re:Next up: thought crime (Score:5, Funny)
Since September 12, 2001, exactly zero passenger aircraft have flown into the World Trade Centre! That has to show that the system works!