[IP] more on The Telegraph: Passengers' chat will be recorded to foil hijackers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Stanton McCandlish <smccandlish@gmail.com>
Date: September 12, 2006 3:12:17 AM JST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on The Telegraph: Passengers' chat will be  
recorded to foil hijackers

> > "It would pick passengers who are behaving oddly or in an unruly
> > manner," she said.
> > "They may appear nervous, or could be getting up while the plane is
> > taxiing. If
> > someone looks as if they are praying, the microphones would be able
> > to tell if they
> > were by picking up key words."

Gosh, no one (but a terrorist) is EVER jittery, airsick or scared
enough to pray while on an airplane, right?

This dumb system would immediately flag me as part of the Axis of Evil
every time I got on board.


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