...and Big Brother will keep watching

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 2/9/2006, 12:24 pm

In the name of national security the US will now be data mining the entire internet.

magicseamonkey · Post by **magicseamonkey** » 2/9/2006, 1:46 pm

You know...I hardly find this surprising...and from the sounds of it, they've been doing it for some time already.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 2/9/2006, 4:04 pm

Post by **faninor** » 2/9/2006, 5:22 pm

Data mining isn't new. I'm slightly surprised that they would put this much work into it though because it easily results in information being wrongly linked together and arresting innocent people based off of that information.

Post by **faninor** » 2/9/2006, 5:24 pm

But since we are talking about the internet here, it should just be a hugely detailed, cross-referenced index of porn. SWEET!

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 2/9/2006, 5:34 pm

haha, Josh is off to get a job with the US government!

bovine · Post by **bovine** » 2/9/2006, 10:08 pm

The ENTIRE Internet :wtf:

Don't they kind of have their hands full as it is? :lol:

Korzic · Post by **Korzic** » 2/10/2006, 3:07 am

Why is this big news? My data gets mined all the time in my spam inbox

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 2/10/2006, 6:42 am

Oh goody! Dubya can get a detailed report about my lack of a life. :duncan:

faninor wrote:Data mining isn't new. I'm slightly surprised that they would put this much work into it though because it easily results in information being wrongly linked together and arresting innocent people based off of that information.

You act like the US government actually cares if they arrest innocent people.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 2/10/2006, 8:28 pm

The question is, would information obtained from the internet in such a manner hold up in a court of law?

Post by **faninor** » 2/10/2006, 8:35 pm

The good thing is that this doesn't matter because the existence of the Internet as we know it is currently threatened by communication companies anyway.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 2/10/2006, 8:42 pm

I wonder if the Cm has ever been redflagged. I mean we post a lot of messages, maybe it appears suspicious. :GASP:

Post by **faninor** » 2/10/2006, 8:46 pm

nikki4982 wrote:Oh goody! Dubya can get a detailed report about my lack of a life.

faninor wrote:Data mining isn't new. I'm slightly surprised that they would put this much work into it though because it easily results in information being wrongly linked together and arresting innocent people based off of that information.

You act like the US government actually cares if they arrest innocent people.

And yeah... maybe I'm crazy, but I honestly think that the government much rather be arresting the actual Robert William Fisher than, say, someone else with the same first and last name. They ought to be able to come up with a more efficient way of snooping.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 2/11/2006, 7:45 am

Rusty wrote:I wonder if the Cm has ever been redflagged. I mean we post a lot of messages, maybe it appears suspicious.

Good point!

To anyone out there watching/listening... we're harmless, honest!!

:eek:

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/11/2006, 3:09 pm

What's Datamining?