so this is how absurd people trying to make money can get. i don’t even know why i’m blogging it here. there’s a plan to spot terrorists in airplane seats now. and when will they realize that airplane threats are totally overdone now. move your focus elsewhere people!

Cameras fitted to seat-backs will record every twitch, blink, facial expression or suspicious movement before sending the data to onboard software which will check it against individual passenger profiles.

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They say that rapid eye movements, blinking excessively, licking lips or ways of stroking hair or ears are classic symptoms of somebody trying to conceal something.

A separate microphone will hear and record even whispered remarks. Islamic suicide bombers are known to whisper texts from the Koran in the moments before they explode bombs.

The software being developed by the scientists will be so sophisticated that it will be able to take account of nervous flyers or people with a natural twitch, helping to ensure there are no false alarms.

it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that aside from false positives, nervous flyers and religious people are shit out of luck. can anyone say big brother real quick?