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Created Fri 30th May 5:33pm PDT by mork[Power User]
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Will any major airline use 'facial expression surveillance' technology before '09?

Current forecast: 36% chance 1%
Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 36% likely to happen (up 1% in last 1 day)

A prototype surveillance system being tested by the European Union would place cameras inside the back of every passenger seat to track the facial expressions of travelers and catch would-be terrorists and unruly flyers on the brink of "air rage."

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/spy-cams-in-pla.html
 
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Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

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Created Fri 30th May 5:33pm PDT by mork[Power User]
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Predictions

72 predictions

3 days ago
airforcemook predicted No (H$20 at 65%)
6 days ago
er_lover predicted No (H$100 at 66%)
1 week ago
er_lover predicted No (H$20 at 65%)
1 week ago
marshp3 predicted No (H$100 at 65%)
1 week ago
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Comments

  1 valornhonor[Power User]
Big Brother run amok... curious, I've been in the industry > 20 years how would the monitoring authorities distinguish between a disgruntled passengers, someone with anxiety over flying, someone having a bad day, etc. and an air-raging terrorist? Tourist? Terrorist? Tourist? Sounds like Minority Report II.
posted 12 weeks ago
  2 randburg
Now that you point it out: "terrorist" and "tourist" sound surprisingly similar...I'll bet flight attendants think that too...!
posted 12 weeks ago
  3 mork[Power User]
Spacial profiling.
posted 12 weeks ago
  4 arnos
Surely no airline is stupid enough to actually try this... I hope...
posted 3 weeks ago
  5 valornhonor[Power User]
I highly doubt any carrier would voluntarily mention that they were using this.
posted 3 weeks ago

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