How to Cheat a Lie Detector Test
Polygraphs, better known as lie detectors, are bullshit . They can’t tell if you’re lying, just that your body does what it does when we’re nervous, like sweating. But there are a few rumored tricks that can let you mess up the results.
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Lie detector test results are not accepted in US courts , but usually an officer can use a lie detector as a kind of conversation starter to induce you to confess. You can also hook up to a lie detector during a job interview, background check, or when requested by an employer .
Today we will use some tips from the 2005 e-book “Lie Behind a Lie Detector,” which claims to have all the secrets about how lie detectors work, how you can beat them, and how people who work on a lie detector will try outwit you. We have not tested these tips on a real lie detector, so you yourself should try them yourself.
Be smart in answering questions
Remember that polygraph testing is not only the technology you are connected to, it is also interrogation. This applies not only to the test itself, but to all conversations you have before and after connecting to the equipment. So stick to your story .
You may come across questions like this:
- Relevant questions related to the reason you are taking the test here. (For example, did you commit this crime?)
- Irrelevant questions such as “What’s your name?”
- Test questions “Probable lie” when most people will have to admit their wrongdoing. (For example: Have you ever lied to a loved one?) The interviewer can delve deeper into this question to find out if you really answered it truthfully or not.
- Targeted Lies test questions , which are similar to probable lies, but in this case the interviewer will tell you to lie in his answer, presumably to test or calibrate the machine. The real reason for this, according to Lie Detector , is simply to make you nervous about whether you are nervous enough.
When it comes to “likely lying” questions, such as whether you lied or stole something unrelated to the investigation, don’t get bogged down in clarifying questions. After the first one, just lie and say that you are the perfect angel . They hope that you will eventually answer these questions truthfully. But if you lie about them, you will add even more lies and nervousness to the test set.
How to trick sensors
When the other person asks you the appropriate question, just try to relax and maintain normal breathing (about two to four seconds per inhalation).
The real deception comes with security questions. Once you’ve figured out which questions are controls – usually anything that is vague or where most people need to find wrongdoing to admit – you can make sure you react harshly so that your real lie doesn’t look like it. compared.
Try it:
- After exhaling, wait four or five seconds before inhaling again. (Or just breathe more slowly for a few seconds.)
- Think of something very exciting, frustrating, intimidating, or infuriating.
- Bite your tongue just enough to hurt.
Squeezing the anal sphincter is not a good idea, although it is a popular suggestion because some polygraphs include ultra-sensitive seat cushions that can supposedly detect even tiny squeezing movements. Also, do not try: nail an oven mitt to your boot (step on during security questions). It won’t help if they ask you to take off your shoes, but they can.