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Criminals who pose a threat to national security could be caught before they have even committed an offence with software used to track their online behaviour, it is claimed.
Their future movements can be predicted by ‘mining’ vast amounts of information from social media websites including Facebook and Twitter.
What keywords did you use?
Originally posted by Milkflavour
So, this is my first thread and I hope I posted it correctly., I searched ATS using various keywords and didn't find anything about this yet.
Since you didn't have the link I looked it up, but I see you edited your post to provide it!
Originally posted by threewisemonkeys
Raytheon's RIOT was covered yesterday.
LINK
Originally posted by Milkflavour
Well, I searched Riot and spyware and future crime...
My apologies, perhaps a mod can delete this thread as its somewhat pointless... How can I get that sorted? Sorry for the cluelessness...
I've always thought this was true. A lot of people don't seem to realize the implications of the social networking sites.
‘People have been sharing large information about themselves on social networks without knowing the consequences of it. Now companies are looking at how to join the dots.
Ummm.....so your not saying that they can tell wether I'm going to be speeding in the near future or not?......Hmmmm...? Cause I can't wait until spring so I can get that pure adrenalin rush from my rice-rocket....KWIM?
Originally posted by Milkflavour
Big Brother spyware 'predicts future crime'
metro.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)
Criminals who pose a threat to national security could be caught before they have even committed an offence with software used to track their online behaviour, it is claimed.
Their future movements can be predicted by ‘mining’ vast amounts of information from social media websites including Facebook and Twitter.
Related News Links:
m.itproportal.com - same story here
www.dailymail.co.uk - same story here
www.raytheon.co.uk - company responsible for the spywareedit on 11-2-2013 by Milkflavour because: Additional links
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
I've always thought this was true. A lot of people don't seem to realize the implications of the social networking sites. And if someone is planning a terrorist act and has half a brain, they wouldn't be discussing it on twitter or facebook, so I don't think this will do much for security but it could do a lot to damage privacy.
Ummm.....so your not saying that they can tell wether I'm going to be speeding in the near future or not?......Hmmmm...? Cause I can't wait until spring so I can get that pure adrenalin rush from my rice-rocket....KWIM?
YouSiredit on 11-2-2013 by YouSir because: I had a case of too many L's...and you know that was an untennable situation that just had to be rectified...right?
Criminals are to get Christmas cards from a police force warning them to be on their best behaviour during the festive period. West Midlands Police is sending the cards to career criminals including burglars, robbers and car thieves living in the region, in the hope that it will prick their consciences. In the past, other police forces have posted cards in an attempt to bring down the number of thefts which happen at this time of year. The cards will be mailed in the coming days, and vary depending on whether the criminals are single, or have their own family. For those with a family, the card's cover features the face of a sad young child gazing out. It reads: 'All I want for Christmas is for you to be there'.
Ummm.....I do get what your saying.......no...really I do. I'm just not into the social networking thing. I leave tweeting to the birds and haven't a single use for facebook...I suppose I just dont "get" it. Somehow I thought it was probably a bad idea to leave all of that personal information all over the net...But then again I abhor texting as well.....I must be an anachronism, just one that loves his i-Phone and i-Mac.......I am kindof addicted to ATS though...
Originally posted by Milkflavour
Ummm.....so your not saying that they can tell wether I'm going to be speeding in the near future or not?......Hmmmm...? Cause I can't wait until spring so I can get that pure adrenalin rush from my rice-rocket....KWIM?
YouSiredit on 11-2-2013 by YouSir because: I had a case of too many L's...and you know that was an untennable situation that just had to be rectified...right?
Ha, well, you jest but, perhaps if you're posting stuff like this on Facebook saying "was out speeding today" or words to that effect, you might find you get a knock on the door...
My concern in regards to the 'future crime' angle is this... How much 'evidence' (data mined from your Internet usage, not just Facebook etc either, the article sites those as examples but implies they will be monitoring all traffic for certain trends) is enough to accuse you of a future crime?