Re: Spy Research Agency Is Building Psychic Machines to Predict Hacks

[Ned Fleming <ned () kaw us>]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:31:55 -0700 (MST), "Rob Slade, doting
Grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
wrote:

> Brought to you by the people who were sure they'd found evidence that North Korea hacked Sony:
>
> http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/02/spy-research-agency-building-psychic-machines-predict-hacks/105882/
>
> (Yes, OK, I can see possibilities here.  People on the net, including attackers, provide much more information than 
> they realize.  But, by the very nature of the attacks they are most interested in, you are aiming at a constantly 
> moving target.  I suspect that this type of thing fits in with perpetual motion machines and "perfect" virus 
> detection.  [Where is Alan Solomon now that we need him?])

> From wikipedia: Precrime in criminology dates back to the
positivist school in the late 19th century.

States predict inmates' future crimes with secretive surveys

http://news.yahoo.com/states-predict-inmates-future-crimes-secretive-surveys-081524452--politics.html

Europeans have already implemented precrime punishment, of
course.

Also from the wikipedia article:

        "Today, a clear example of this trend is “nachträgliche
Sicherungsverwahrung" (retrospective security detention),
which became an option in German criminal law in 2004. This
“measure of security” can be decided upon at the end of a
prison sentence on a purely prognostic basis (Boetticher/Feest
2008, 263 sq.). In France, a similarly retrospective measure
was introduced in 2008 as “rétention de sûreté” (security
detention)."

Hilarious! Oh, ha ha ha!

-- 

Ned


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