alt Hacker News> Gottumukkala had requested to see access to a controlled access program—an act that would require taking a polygraph
Are the US ok? It's 2026 not 1926
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jabroni_salad • yesterday at 7:47 PM
These days I think that thing's main purpose is to bounce people who would otherwise request access that they don't really need. If it isn't worth sitting down for the machine you don't really need it.
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ceejayoz • yesterday at 5:04 PM
The Feds love polygraphs. Still very much in active use.
The polygraph is still used for security vetting, today. No word on whether they still read a lamb's entrails for portents or consult the dead with a Ouija board.