tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post83920856672152514..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: A Dog Who Sniffs Memory Chips? Color Me Skeptical SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60596791280589874962017-05-26T13:36:03.326-04:002017-05-26T13:36:03.326-04:00Yeah, I can't see how that would be possible. ...Yeah, I can't see how that would be possible. I'm sure it's coming from the handler, although the handler may not even realize he's providing cues to the dog.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192121247584828848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30290721270207202772017-05-24T21:54:48.357-04:002017-05-24T21:54:48.357-04:00There have been many studies showing that drug dog...There have been many studies showing that drug dogs are less reliable than a coin flip:<br />http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/01/07/132738250/report-drug-sniffing-dogs-are-wrong-more-often-than-right<br /><br />Then there was the UC Davis study that found the dogs were alerting to subtle cues from their handlers:<br />http://blog.norml.org/2011/02/04/drug-dogs-false-alert-over-200-times-in-uc-davis-study/<br /><br /><br /><br />Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-8536307050693761982017-05-24T04:33:04.078-04:002017-05-24T04:33:04.078-04:00Absolutely. When I worked for the California Highw...Absolutely. When I worked for the California Highway Patrol, we had a young TO (traffic officer) who wanted to be a K9 unit to do drug searches. He was caught confiscating (and not turning in) drugs to train his dog with. He was also caught not turning in confiscated firearms and other contraband, and often ignoring refusals to search when Hispanics were stopped (drug mules transporting illegal drugs between San Diego and parts of Washington State, like Yakima, were often Hispanics) frequently by him, and he was known to claim the dog he was training "alerted" on the vehicles he stopped. <br /><br />Eventually, he was caught doing these things, arrested, and convicted. <br /><br />That being said, I think there could be a lucrative market for these dogs. They should be very effective at locating "lost" remote controls to TVs, and maybe misplaced cell phones as well.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-68916097262814743832017-05-23T04:00:10.340-04:002017-05-23T04:00:10.340-04:00While it is true that dogs have an excellent olfac...While it is true that dogs have an excellent olfactory system, much superior to ours the notion that they can magically sniff out things like this is a hoax perpetrated on society by those in power to justify violating our rights. In REAL WORLD TESTING dogs are often wrong just as much as they are right....specifically, while they seldom fail to find the 'target' substance if present they just as often "alert" to something being there that is not. But the court system refuses to consider or allow into testimony ANY data that would indicate that dogs are anything less than 100% reliable. To be blunt the punitive legal system is not interested in accuracy. They are interested in a valid legal justification to violate 4A rights. <br />And this tendency to signal false positives doesn't even take in to account the fact that a dog can be trained by a handler to "alert" <br />ON COMMAND from the handler so that an illegal search can then be<br />"justified". Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-5060443346385348582017-05-22T23:20:35.953-04:002017-05-22T23:20:35.953-04:00Even if this was legit, how easy would it be to re...Even if this was legit, how easy would it be to re_scent the sd card/USB stick etc.<br /><br />In high school some stoners thwarted the dog drug sweeps of the hall lockers by putting some green in a cloth tobacco bag. Then when they walked the halls they discreetly drug the bag across the lockers as they went. They did this regularly, the next drug sweep was a disaster. Guess the dog hit on every locker. They gave up in short order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-21710270996359174982017-05-22T22:57:06.991-04:002017-05-22T22:57:06.991-04:00I call BS. Like you said memory chips are not ext...I call BS. Like you said memory chips are not externally distinguishable from any other IC. The dog is just a cover for less-than-legal search. Just like the old standby "I smell Marijuana" so I now have P.C. to search.E.D.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922760410196728683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-66093955143269624382017-05-22T22:53:45.586-04:002017-05-22T22:53:45.586-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.E.D.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922760410196728683noreply@blogger.com