Data Mining for Terrorists
am 10.03.2006 von Law & Justice
Bruce Schneier about Data Mining for Terrorists:
(...) Were not trading privacy for security; were giving up privacy and getting no security in return. (...)
Security is always a trade-off, and for a system to be worthwhile, the advantages have to be greater than the disadvantages. A national security data mining program is going to find some percentage of real attacks, and some percentage of false alarms. If the benefits of finding and stopping those attacks outweigh the cost -- in money, liberties, etc. -- then the system is a good one. If not, then youd be better off spending that cost elsewhere. (...)
Finding terrorism plots is not a problem that lends itself to data mining. Its a needle-in-a-haystack problem, and throwing more hay on the pile doesnt make that problem any easier. Wed be far better off putting people in charge of investigating potential plots and letting them direct the computers, instead of putting the computers in charge …
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