Re: [privacy] cc: Re: AP: Feds Rate Travelers for Terrorism

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

I'm neither Repulican nor American. I will own up to being a moron, 
though.

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 SDALAN04 () smumn edu wrote:

> This is definitely a moronic, republican, Americanistic, right-winged,
> and blinding example of the type of minds that rule our existing
> government.
>
>
>
> On Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:42 AM, Brian Loe wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:42:41 -0600
> > From: Brian Loe
> > To: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
> > Subject: Re: [privacy] AP: Feds Rate Travelers for Terrorism
> >
> > On 12/2/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> >
> > > > I didn't read anything about fully automated systems that *do*
> > > > anything. Its not as if it scores you and then directs a gun to shoot
> > > > you based on that score. Much like my spam filter - it moves the
> > > > suspected message to a folder called "spam" and then I go in and
> > > > delete it, after I've verified it to be so.
> > >
> > > Hmm, so you're profiling your email.
> >
> >
> > Aren't you?! I don't have a problem with profiling of any kind, not
> > only because I am the least effected by such work but because
> > profiling enables those in charge of finding the bad guys to narrow
> > and better focus their attentions. It can not be relied on completely,
> > and broader measures must be taken, but it will find the bad guys more
> > quickly than, say, strip searching the 90 year old, medal of honor
> > winner...don't ya think?
> >
> > You are/were an anti-virus programmer right? Did you just delete
> > suspected files or did you quarantine them? Was that quarantine based
> > on "profiling" (signatures)? I don't want a system that shoots people
> > or deletes files and messages, but I do want it to identify those
> > which are suspected of needing to be shot or deleted.
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