Comment on How do "lie detectors" work (I mean Polygraphs). If I'm loyal specifically to the constitution of my country, and the interviewers ask if I'm "loyal to [My Country name]", how would that work?

• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Police ethical standards are practically nonexistent in the US. Deception of juveniles & the intellectually disabled is permitted in most states to obtain court-admissible confessions, and police are trained to obtain confessions that way.

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• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It can go in with K-9 units ‘smelling something’ and all the other made up bullshit that they use to violate people’s rights.

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Just to clarify, properly trained and handled drug and bomb sniffing dogs do actually have quite a high accuracy rate. However, in the hands of shitty police officers… sigh.

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes dog noses are excellent and they can smell things. They are also great for finding survivors in disasters!

      K-9 units don’t operate on whether the dog smells something, they just follow the signals from their handlers. That is what makes them bullshit.

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