{"id":2498,"date":"2020-12-28T01:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T06:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2020-12-28T01:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T06:47:33","slug":"archive-of-private-russian-polygraph-forum-leaked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/28\/archive-of-private-russian-polygraph-forum-leaked\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive of Private Russian Polygraph Forum Leaked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EPOS-Polygraph-Forum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EPOS-Polygraph-Forum-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EPOS-Polygraph-Forum-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EPOS-Polygraph-Forum-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EPOS-Polygraph-Forum-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EPOS-Polygraph-Forum-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EPOS-Polygraph-Forum.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Index page from private section of EPOS Polygraph Forum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 21st century, the pseudoscience of polygraphy has regrettably been spreading in the republics of the former Soviet Union, where employer-mandated polygraph screening is a growing problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2005, Russian polygraph manufacturer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ld.eposgroup.ru\/\">EPOS<\/a> (\u042d\u041f\u041e\u0421) has hosted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ld.eposgroup.ru\/forum\/\">message board<\/a> for discussion of polygraph-related topics. While part of the message board is public, it also includes a private &#8220;Professional&#8221; (\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044b) section reserved for polygraph operators that is not visible to the general public. This section includes nearly 1,000 message threads comprising over 20,000 individual posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AntiPolygraph.org has received an archive of the EPOS polygraph forum, including the private &#8220;Professional&#8221; section, as it appeared around 17 November 2020. The archive was downloaded with the free and open source web crawler, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.httrack.com\/\">HTTrack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the archive is sadly not complete, it includes a great wealth of information that was previously inaccessible to the public, including lengthy discussions of polygraph methodology and numerous user-uploaded file attachments. AntiPolygraph.org has scanned the archive using Microsoft Windows Defender and found nothing amiss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EPOS polygraph forum archive <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/documents\/epos-polygraph-forum.zip\">may be downloaded as a 1.8 GB ZIP file<\/a> for offline reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once downloaded, the archive may be searched for key words of interest using one&#8217;s file manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, an archive of the now defunct English-language PolygraphPlace.com private forum was pseudonymously posted to AntiPolygraph.org. That archive <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/articles\/article-055.shtml\">may be browsed online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome reader comment on the contents of the EPOS polygraph forum archive.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 21st century, the pseudoscience of polygraphy has regrettably been spreading in the republics of the former Soviet Union, where employer-mandated polygraph screening is a growing problem. Since 2005, Russian polygraph manufacturer EPOS (\u042d\u041f\u041e\u0421) has hosted a message board for discussion of polygraph-related topics. 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