This was for a local gov position and I had never taken one before. I was asked 10 questions in 5 sets, so a total of 50 questions. It could have been a little more but that's about what it felt like. I lied about EVERY SINGLE ONE and I passed with an A++++

Well, one question had one spike and all he did was ask me again the next round and it was fine. Actually, he asked that same question a total of 5 times and only 1 spiked so he left it at that.

What a useless device.
I had sweat gland monitors hooked up to my fingers. Sat on a butt pad. Had the respiratory straps hooked up to me. Blood pressure monitor. I also was forced to close my eyes and was told that opening them could be an auto DQ.

You know what this device is good for? Proving if someone could take the stand in court, stay calm, and flat out lie to the judge and jury. That's about it.

What a waste of government money and resources. The fact that people's jobs are denied based on this useless device is absurd. How about hiring the most qualified? What ever happened to that?

I took half a day off from my current job for this? What a waste of time.

The purpose of antipolygraph.org is to help truthful persons protect themselves against false accusations of lying to a government official. Patriots like Doug Williams and George Maschke have created resources, services, and sites like this one to provide information about the polygraph, how to avoid it, and how to pass it.

Unfortunately these resources, like any tool or technique, can be used by miscreants and traitors as well as honest citizens. Corrupt officials who support the use of the polygraph have seized upon this fact to declare George, Doug, this site, etc. to be dangerous enemies of the state. Their rallying cry is "beating the polygraph is prima facie evidence of traitorous intent", and they have gone so far as to entrap, convict, and jail the most effective antipolygraph campaigners.

When you boast about misusing antipolygraph techniques to facilitate lying to a government official, you provide ammunition the supporters of polygraph testing. Those who howl for prior restraint of sites like this one can now point to your testimony -- "Lied 50 Times - Passed With Flying Colors" -- as additional evidence why antipolygraph.org and all its supporters should be silenced.

Please do not come here to tell us all about your lying to government officials on an application for public employment. You may not actually be a traitor or public enemy, but you are standing in their ranks and swelling their apparent numbers. This is nothing to brag about.

I didn't use this site to cheat the polygraph. Who has time to read all of the threads and manuals and counter measures, counter counter measures, etc? You guys get way too into it.
I didn't use any "special techniques" to pass. I used common sense. I told my truth.

I came here to support your claim that the polygraph doesn't work. Others come here to cry about telling the truth and failing. What's the difference? They both support the statement.
If the mods don't like my post then delete it.

Sorry -- I read more into your post than you wrote.

You are, of course, correct: polygraph testing is junk.

No worries :)

I did come here initially to learn about it, but it was just an over abundance of information and I really didn't think some studying could fool someone who has been doing it for 40+ years. I really didn't want to employ tactics or try to guess when to use what.

So I just stuck to basics. Kept it simple.

To me it's just a monitor showing how well you can control yourself. That's about it.