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| said by Name Game  :..I think you also know that the FBI wants the ISP's to hold record for at least two years. Quite aware of that: »www.news.com/2100-1028_3-5748649.html
FAS has some interesting reading here (start with page 28 unless you just like reading about oldies-but-goodies like TIA, CAPPS/CAPPSII/SecureFlight, etc.):
»www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL31798.pdf
"The Novel Intelligence from Massive Data (NIMD) program focuses on the
development of data mining and analysis tools to be used in working with massive
data.114 Novel intelligence refers to “actionable information not previously known.”
Massive data refers to data that has characteristics that are especially challenging to
common data analysis tools and methods. These characteristics can include unusual
volume, breadth (heterogeneity), and complexity. Data sets that are one petabyte
(one quadrillion bytes) or larger are considered to be “massive.” Smaller data sets
that contain items in a wide variety of formats, or are very heterogeneous (i.e.,
unstructured text, spoken text, audio, video, graphs, diagrams, images, maps,
equations, chemical formulas, tables, etc.) can also be considered “massive.”
According to ARDA’s website (no longer available)115 “some intelligence data
sources grow at a rate of four petabytes per month now, and the rate of growth is
increasing.” With the continued proliferation of both the means and volume of
electronic communications, it is expected that the need for more sophisticated tools
will intensify. Whereas some observers once predicted that the NSA was in danger
of becoming proverbially deaf due to the spreading use of encrypted
communications, it appears that NSA may now be at greater risk of being “drowned”
in information."
Isn't it amazing how people can claim to be concerned about "spyware" and being "profiled" by the websites they visit (being "datamined, IOW) - while at the same time not turning a hair at the fact of being MASSIVELY datamined and tracked by... their...own...government. Later, guy. Pete |
Thank Pete