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DHS Ends Data-Mining Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the and-i-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you dept.

ExE122 writes "The Department of Homeland Security has "scrapped an ambitious anti-terrorism data-mining tool." The tool, called ADVISE, was being tested with live data rather than test data without having proper security in place. This program had already been under criticism by privacy advocates and members of Congress. However, according to the article, a DHS spokesman assures that the program will be restarted once the security and cost are re-evaluated."

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  1. Security and cost- yeah right by AuMatar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In other words, it will be revived when this blows over and people forget about it.

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    1. Re:Security and cost- yeah right by krgallagher · · Score: 5, Insightful
      "DHS spokesman assures that the program will be restarted once the security and cost are re-evaluated."

      In other words, "How secure are we that we won't get caught, and how much political influence will it cost us if we are."

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  2. Restarted? by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the summary above:
    "However, according to the article, a DHS spokesman assures that the program will be restarted once the security and cost are re-evaluated."

    From the article:
    "DHS spokesman Russ Knocke told The Associated Press on Wednesday the project was being dropped.
    "ADVISE is not expected to be restarted," Knocke said."

    The next sentance in the article is the problematic one.
    "DHS' Science and Technology directorate "determined that new commercial products now offer similar functionality while costing significantly less to maintain than ADVISE."

    So they're not restarting it, they are dropping it. They are not, however, dropping the functionality. Just moving to another platform.