BO? That's a paddlin...

Mena

Our tin-foil hatted friends at the Department of Homeland Security in the US seem to want to take bio (bo?) metrics to a new level...

Have a BO Problem? You're outta here! I wonder what else your BO says about you as a person

UPI.com wrote:

DHS wants to use human body odor as biometric identifier, clue to deception



WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to study the possibility that human body odor could be used to tell when people are lying or to identify individuals in the same way that fingerprints can.



In a federal procurement document posted Friday on the Web, the department's Science and Technology Directorate said it would conduct an "outsourced, proof-of-principle study to determine if human odor signatures can serve as an indicator of deception. … As a secondary goal, this study will examine … human odor samples for evidence to support the theory that an individual can be identified by that individual's odor signature."
Officials said that the work was at a very early stage, but the announcement brought criticism from civil liberties advocates who said it showed the department's priorities were misplaced.


The procurement notice said the department is already "conducting experiments in deceptive behavior and collecting human odor samples" and that the research it hopes to fund "will consist primarily of the analysis and study of the human odor samples collected to determine if a deception indicator can be found."


"This research has the potential for enhancing our ability to detect individuals with harmful intent," the notice said. "A positive result from this proof-of-principle study would provide evidence that human odor is a useful indicator for certain human behaviors and, in addition, that it may be used as a biometric identifier."

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BlueCable

The Police State has been here for a long time.

Mena

BlueCable wrote: »

The Police State has been here for a long time.

Mayhap, mayhap not. Either way, it's interesting research.

Could be useful until Calvin Klein releases some sort of anti-BO...

AckwelFoley

What does bo say about a person?

its says they are probably single.

Mr. Incognito

B.O to detect terrorists?

No-one from the west of Ireland will EVER get through security.

As as for the hariy armpit french birds........ ha ha

Rented Mule

I have read a few reports about this over the years. It is sort of another step in reading yuor body chemistry ala polygraph machines.

Do worry stinky people, this isn't meant to harass you ......although something should you rotten bastages !! lol

javaboy

BlueCable wrote: »

The Police State has been here for a long time.

Bye bye Casey.

ScumLord

So they can add to their list of many technology's that don't work but are still good enough to get people locked up for the rest of their life's.

Terry

I'll tell you exactly what happened here. The conversation went something like this:

Timmy: Hi uncle Homeland security Agent (UHSA).
UHSA: Hi Timmy. Where are you working now?
Timmy: I'm a grad student and I'm trying to get a grant fund my research into B.O.
UHSA: Interesting. Tell me more.
Timmy: Well you can tell if someone is lying by their B.O. and...
UHSA: That's enough. I'll sort that grant out for you.

Forward to airport security:
Security guard: Lit up your arms please, sir. Hmm. Curry. Welcome to America.
Next: Ooh. Milk. Did you enjoy your cereal this morning? Welcome to America.
Next: Is that lamb kebab? Code red. We have a possible terrorist here. He reeks of middle eastern food.

OldGoat

Terry wrote: »

We have a possible terrorist here. He reeks of middle eastern food.

Isn't there a precedent set for this already where anything suspicious is known to “smell a bit fishy”?
UHSA: Name?
Tourist: Captain Ahab
UHSA: Captain Arab eh… Occupation?
Tourist: Fisherman.
UHSA: Take him away boys.

CreepingDeath

Will they have smell identity parades in court cases ?

Nah, the easiest way to tell if someone is lying is to beat them with a stick until they admit it. Simple and cost effective.