USA police adoption of junk science, destroying lives

2022-12-29 19:43:12

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

aleabdo@hubzilla.com.br

They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

Tracing the fallacy of 911 call analysis through the justice system, from Quantico to the courtroom.

Via @Alexandre B A Villares 🐍 ☔

2022-12-29 21:52:59

Marshall Sutherland (Posting with Streams)

dwatney@str.farthinghalearms.com

I was expecting this to be about voice analysis software. I don't think we ever had the real-time analysis option, but I seem to recall that there was an option with some call analysis service our Customer Care department used that could analyze a call in real time to alert Care Reps if customers were getting more upset as the call went on. It wouldn't have surprised me to read that someone claimed that their voice analysis could detect deception on the fly.

2022-12-30 08:19:39

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

aleabdo@hubzilla.com.br

@Marshall Sutherland (streams test) true, I was also surprised by how "analogue" the story was; I think it goes to show that there's a demand side and broader problem, it's not just tech buzz and push, when we see police adopting dubious/bullshit tech.