[privacy] Twenty-First Century Wiretapping: Recognition

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

In a really interesting article, Ed Felten writes over on
"Freedom to Tinker":

[snip]

For the past several weeks I’ve been writing, on and off, about how technology enables new types of wiretapping, and 
how public policy should cope with those changes. Having laid the groundwork we’re now ready for to bite into the most 
interesting question.

Suppose the government is running, on every communication, some algorithm that classifies messages as suspicious or 
not, and that every conversation labeled suspicious is played for a government agent. When, if ever, is government 
justified in using such a scheme?

Many readers will say the answer is obviously “never”. Today I want to argue that that is wrong — that there are 
situations where automated flagging of messages for human analysis can be justified.

[snip]

You should read the remainder of the article (and comments)
here:
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1023

- ferg


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