• bulwark@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Polygraphs are useful in that you can claim the test subject is lying about anything you want. They’re using it as leverage more than “fact finding.”

    • Carnelian@lemmy.world
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      43 minutes ago

      For cops interrogating like a random dude they suspect of a crime, have a little evidence on, mix in some questions they already know, etc. yeah I can see it. Part of the broader interrogation, maybe the machine really is just adding some pressure.

      But for a job interview at a three letter agency? I mean who isn’t aware of the truth of these machines at that level? There really isn’t any interrogative leverage if both people know it’s a carnival game, and it’s illegal to hold it as leverage against them in any further proceedings