Homeland Security Tests Snoop Computer System

Parallax Blue writes "The Washington Times reports that Homeland Security has developed and is testing a new computer system called ADVISE (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement) that collects and analyzes personal information on US citizens. Relevant data 'can include credit-card purchases, telephone or Internet details, medical records, travel and banking information.' The program apparently uses the same process as the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness project, which was aborted in 2003 due to privacy concerns."

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ADVISE

[Bloke down the pub]

Rules for naming projects:

1) Choose a word you like. Or better, that the boss/sponsor likes.
2) Reverse engineer an acronym to fit. Sort of.
3) ...
4) Profit!!!!!

Don't tell me it ain't so.

Re:ADVISE

[RationalRoot]

In banking

The Client: Realtime Automated Trading System

The Server: Automated Revaluation System Enterprise Server

aka RATS ARSES

Re:ADVISE

[clickety6]

Personally, I detest acronyms. If you dislike writing something out all the time, use a macro. If you need to say something, please don't use some ridiculous string of consonants as a word. It's insulting to your audience.

I for one, welcome your non-acronym agenda and from 12:00 post meridian today I shall no longer use acronyms, Exempli Gratia I shall hereby only refer to Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation devices, Radio Detection And Ranging devices, Et Cetera.

I think the above proves how much better it is to not have acronyms. Anybody with an Intelligence Quotient over 50 could see this, so Quod Erat Demonstrandum. Using my International Business Machines Corporation computer, I have created an HyperText Markup Language docuemnt linked to a My Structured Query Language database showing this which can found at the following Uniform Resource Locator:

HypertextTransferProtocol:\\worldwideweb.letsallpl easestopusingacronyms.commercial\mydocument.hypert extmarkuplanguage

Yeah, but it's ok

[DoofusOfDeath]

The program apparently uses the same process as the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness project, which was aborted in 2003 due to privacy concerns."

But TIA was part of the military. This is for the defense of our homeland, so the trade-off in liberty must be worth it.

Re:Yeah, but it's ok

[TommydCat]

We should be glad that it will only be the crack-trained Stormtroopers Of Liberty breaking down the wrong door now instead of an tank and platoon of nervous teens with M16s?

Re:Yeah, but it's ok

[cp.tar]

But TIA was part of the military. This is for the defense of our homeland, so the trade-off in liberty must be worth it.

Ah, so this is the Semantic Enhancement part, right?

Supposing the Insight part is taken caren of by the moderators (hint, hint) because of my Analysis and Slashdot's Dissemination, we're only lacking the Visualisation part.

So do you think they've actually put up a fancy name for a bunch of Slashdotter-equivalents, who Visualize scantily clad girls during their short and scarce breaks?

Re:Aborted?

[jimmydevice]

They spend hundreds of millions on mouse pads and screen cleaner.

Re:ADVISE - true story

[OneSmartFellow]

While on contract with ABN AMRO several years back, I sat near a team of Anderson Consulting (now Accenture) weenies.

I am not at all exaggerating when I report that the team of four/five spent approximately two full weeks of 7 hour days 'brainstorming' an acronym for the 'Business Process Re-Engineering' project they were working on.

I never did find out what they came up with.