DARPA to Fund TIA Study 18
clonebarkins writes "Federal Computer Week has an article on a DARPA-funded study of privacy-related concerns related to TIA. "We envision software that will mask the identity of any individual whose pattern of activities triggers the suspicion of investigators," says the program manager of the Information and Intelligence Exploitation Division. Yeah, sure--that'll happen about as soon as Ashcroft converts to Islam."
yah, right (Score:3, Funny)
Just the facts, please (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, sure--that'll happen about as soon as Ashcroft converts to Islam.
Can we please have the submitters refrain from making editorial comments in their story submissions? Please use the Comments section like everyone else. We get enough of being told what to believe from the mass media. We don't need it on slashdot, too.
My request is directed towards editors, as well.
GMD
why have a forum then? (Score:2, Informative)
That's the deal here, come up with an article, use your born with rights to drop an opinion, add more links to support your case, perhaps, and so on. Get the ball rolling. That's a valid point he made, it's a sarcastic comment to make a political point-what the government says and what it does is more often than not two different things. That is called "lying" what they do a lot, and there's so much evi
Re:why have a forum then? (Score:2)
I'm not sure if you understand my point or not. If so, your reply isn't really responding to it (at least the first half of your reply). It's going off about the fact that politians lie and we all have the right to speak our mind and so forth. Well, I happen to agree with all that. I'm not complaining about people speaking their opinions -- I'm complaining about those opinions being part of the story summary.
I come to slashdot to read the comments primarily because I DO want to hear what others are thi
OK, I understand that (Score:1)
Re:Just the facts, please (Score:2)
Can we please have the registered users' posts be on-topic? Please use the Comments section like everyone else. We get enough off-topic posts from Anonymous Cowards. We don't need it from registered users too.
The entire concept of Slashdot is to editorialize.
Re:Just the facts, please (Score:2)
You're absolutely correct. However, he's using it to gripe about the use of the post as an editorial rather than to discuss the topic of the article; ergo, his use of the comments section is unlike "everyone else". It was meant to be farcical, aka a parody.
Perhaps, but he gives no reasons why that should be. He only a
Bad idea... (Score:5, Insightful)
And in theory, communism worked beautifully. Too bad no one thought it through to the nth iteration...
It would be interesting to see details on how
1.) 'Threatening' patterns and their levels are selected, and
2.) How someone could spam the system with threatening activity.
Mmmm...spam...
Re:Bad idea... (Score:2, Insightful)
Of course, its only a matter of time until even asking for such details lands you in a cell in cuba, for public safty. Wouldn't want you knowing how to get around it now would we? After all, the DOJ has already made great strides in gutting FOIA.
Re:Bad idea... (Score:3, Insightful)
This does show potential for security, but the
Re:Bad idea... (Score:1)
uh huh... right... (Score:2)
Answer: Congress will have the major role in resolving any privacy issues that result from TIA research. All TIA research complies with all privacy laws, without exception. In addition, the oversight boards that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics has established will ensure that TIA develops its products and disseminates them in a manner consistent with public policy concerns.
Re:uh huh... right... (Score:1)
Here's an idea... (Score:1)