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I am pleased to announce that AntiPolygraph.org's talk proposal for the Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) 2020 conference has been accepted. Here is our submitted abstract:

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Polygraph "Tests" and How to Beat Them

Polygraph, or "lie detector" testing, has long been discredited from a scientific standpoint. Yet it has been embraced by the United States government for decades, and in 2020 it is the centerpiece of American counterintelligence policy.

Employees and contractors of such agencies as the CIA, NSA, FBI (and numerous others) are required to undergo pre-employment and recurring polygraph screening. Yet there is no documented instance of the polygraph ever catching a spy.

In this talk, AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke will address how this state of affairs came to be. The talk will address polygraphy's scientific shortcomings, why it poses a threat to innocent test takers, and will explain proven strategies for passing (or beating) a polygraph "test."

The talk will also address the U.S. government's recent efforts to suppress the teaching of methods for fooling the polygraph.

This topic will be of particular interest to the hacker community because many IT jobs with the U.S. government and its contractors require that the applicant submit to polygraph screening.

The conference, which was originally to be held at St. John's University in Queens, New York, will instead be held online from 25 July to 2 August 2020.

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Posted by: George W. Maschke Posted on: Aug 1^st, 2020 at 5:11pm	Mark & Quote Quote
I very much enjoyed speaking at HOPE 2020! My talk, which runs 51 minutes and 14 seconds, may be viewed online here: https://youtu.be/nDDMXsfclIA

Posted by: George W. Maschke Posted on: Jul 30^th, 2020 at 8:11am	Mark & Quote Quote
My HOPE 2020 presentation, "Polygraph 'Tests' and How to Beat Them" will be streamed at 9:00 Eastern tomorrow, Friday, 31 July at the following link: https://www.hope.net/stream.html

Posted by: George W. Maschke Posted on: Jul 19^th, 2020 at 6:18am	Mark & Quote Quote
My presentation at HOPE 2020 will be streamed on Monday, 31 July 2020 from 9-10 AM Eastern time: https://scheduler.hope.net/hope2020/talk/JECFTM/