Surveillance for dummies

1points Posted 91 days, 8 hours ago by Leroy

Intelligence gathering in the name of security just got ridiculously easier, but not necessarily more accurate. This is for your protection.

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Source: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14591-surveilla…

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It seems like a long shot, I mean “pattern-recognition software first identifies their typical behaviour, such as repeated calls to certain numbers over a period of a few months” doesn’t everyone make calls to regular numbers over multiple months and then call others who are not regular numbers as well? As I understand regularity and irregularity are part of life?

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Yes, amongst other things, hence the concern it will generate far more false positives than real hits. We’ve already seen what happens to people falsely accused under current legislation…

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