[–] PhilKDick 1 point 11 points 12 points (+12|-1) ago
Here's the deal: unless required by your job or by parole, never volunteer for a police polygraph. Many law enforcement polygraphers are dishonest, and intimidate targets with the test, emotionally manipulating them into confessions. Sometimes even false confessions. If a defense attorney offers one, take it. Your results should only be revealed if the result is "no deception detected." Otherwise, the results are not revealed. If you are not being honest, you can try countermeasures, but don't count on them to work. Cops WANT you to believe you can fool the test. Then they tell you you failed, and pressure you for a confession!
[–] OneOfTheBoys 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
TL;DR: control your heart rate and breathing. Create a nervous response to calibration questions and calm yourself for as much as you can when you need to lie.
Source: have fooled a polygraph. It was a shirty one but still made it look like truths were lies and vice versa at will.
[–] OneOfTheBoys 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
No but they also weren't properly trained to use it (just a crash course). Is this a reference to the article because I didn't actually read it, just assumed what it would say.
[–] 24601_JeanValJean 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Next time I'm on Jerry Springer I'll keep this in mind.
[–] PPFSURVIVAL 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thanks for making this ebook available. Hopefully we will never have to make use of this information, but if future political trends continue their present course, I'm afraid many more of us will become acquainted with this technology than we ever thought. Scary times, indeed.
Fact: The only reason polygraphs are even talked about today is because of Maury Povitch.
[–] crypticking ago
I've never really had much faith in the whole lie detector technology trip. I think there are certain parameters and if you can beat them you have it made. I'm not gonna get involved in this because I'm not planning to take a lie detector test any time soon.
[–] crypticking ago
Excellent idea. But you would not be able to do that with open questions. Only with the closed ones. If you're asked 'where were you on 25th April evening, the answer can't be a 'yes' or 'no'.
[–] Damnpasswords 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
They're mostly used to pin crimes on anxious people
[–] B3bomber 1 point 12 points 13 points (+13|-1) ago
Polygraph is inadmissible in court cases thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in the early 1900s by people who fully understood it was bullshit.
That hasn't stopped certain government agencies and businesses who firmly believe their workers need to be subjugated to abuse through it (read: it can cost your job if you fail). AKA the double down on stupidity move.
[–] YamaMaya 2 points 10 points 12 points (+12|-2) ago
It is inadmissible in court, but many times it is used as a way to get "probable cause" to falsely convict or to bully a subject into confessing falsely.
[–] B3bomber 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
That's standard operation for the US legal system these days. Gotta have that perfect conviction record at all costs!