Comment Re:massive criticism (Score 1) 235
Pretty much everyone who knows anything is against it
And that's why the criticism is not really massive and there are many supporters.
Comment Re:Creamed, kernel, or cob? (Score 1) 220
In German "fucker" translates to "Ficker".
Comment Re:Hide your data (plausible deniability+ physical (Score 1) 708
Thermite would probably be the better and easier choice, because as far as I know, the magnetic fields you'd need to wipe out a disk are very strong (guess some T). Furthermore, it's much easier to set off a fuse without external power than a electricity powered coil.
However, it's not guranteed, that they x-ray your case before they open it, so some additional security layers would be needed.
However, it's not guranteed, that they x-ray your case before they open it, so some additional security layers would be needed.
Anti-Terrorist Data Mining Doesn't Work Very Well 163
Presto Vivace and others sent us this CNet report on a just-released NRC report coming to the conclusion, which will surprise no one here, that data mining doesn't work very well. It's all those darn false positives. The submitter adds, "Any chance we could go back to probable cause?" "A report scheduled to be released on Tuesday by the National Research Council, which has been years in the making, concludes that automated identification of terrorists through data mining or any other mechanism 'is neither feasible as an objective nor desirable as a goal of technology development efforts.' Inevitable false positives will result in 'ordinary, law-abiding citizens and businesses' being incorrectly flagged as suspects. The whopping 352-page report, called 'Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists,' amounts to [be] at least a partial repudiation of the Defense Department's controversial data-mining program called Total Information Awareness, which was limited by Congress in 2003."
