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UncleOxidantyesterday at 8:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

tl;dr: polygraphs aren't reliable and can be misused?


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breveyesterday at 9:22 PM

It's not that they're unreliable, they simply don't work in the first place.

The misuse is that they're used at all.

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tokenlessyesterday at 10:23 PM

And they are performed interrogation style but cannot be refused without risking your career.

OTOH, someone arrested can (probably should?) refuse.