(via APS – What’s New by Bob Park – November 21, 2003)
LIE DETECTORS: WILL THEY REDUCE INSURANCE FRAUD IN EUROPE?
For a while maybe. After one major auto insurer in the UK began
using voice risk-analysis software six months ago, a quarter of
the stolen car claims were dropped. Now, the Daily Telegraph
claims, other auto and home insurers in the UK and France hope to
reduce fraud with voice analysis technology. WN assures readers
it’s just as accurate as the polygraph. Richard Nixon was so
frustrated by White House leaks that he ordered polygraph exams
for the entire staff. “Do they work?” an aide asked. “I don’t
know,” Nixon is said to have replied, “but they scare the Hell
out of people.” As people get used to it, their fear wears off.