The TAG Challenge: $5k Global Manhunt Using Social Media

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The TAG Challenge: $5k Global Manhunt Using Social Media

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 26, 2012 @04:25AM from the where's-waldo dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET just published an article about a new challenge to photograph 5 target individuals in 5 different cities on March 31st. The TAG challenge will pay the winner $5k. Target mobility means this will be much harder than the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge which was won by MIT. From the article: 'On March 31, mug shots of five "suspects" will be published, and it'll be game on in a global hunt for "jewel thieves" in Bratislava, Slovakia; Stockholm; London; Washington, D.C.; and New York City, each of whom will spend 12 hours that day in public areas. The first team to upload photographs of each of the five by noon eastern time on April 1 will win the competition--and with it, a ton of international glory.'"

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Armies of look-alikes and false positives by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2012-03-26 04:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Now would someone, or a lot of someones, purposely disguise themselves to look like the targets individuals in the fives cities? And romp around all day in public? Nah, couldn't happen.
The volume of false positives will be amusing at least.
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Real fugitives... by Covalent · 2012-03-26 04:35 · Score: 5, Insightful

Don't announce where they're going, tend to shy away from appearing in public places for 12 hours consecutively, are capable of wearing disguises, etc.

This is possibly useful for finding the average citizen.

Oh, I see where they're going with this now...

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1. Re:Real fugitives... by RogueLeaderX · 2012-03-26 04:40 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  The problem is average citizens are as yet unaware they're fugitives.
  
  There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system. - Ayn Rand
  Note: I don't agree with most of Ms. Rand's sentiments, but this is proving increasingly true.
2. Re:Real fugitives... by vlm · 2012-03-26 04:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  are capable of wearing disguises
  Have them wear hoodies, what could possibly go wrong?
  
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April.... by theNAM666 · 2012-03-26 05:15 · Score: 4, Funny

>The first team to upload photographs of each of the five by noon eastern time on April 1 will win the competition--and with it, a ton of international glory...
Yep. They'll forever be known as the April Fools!
Re:able to leverage teams of people by TaoPhoenix · 2012-03-26 05:30 · Score: 3, Funny

"Dear RIAA. Each of these people shared a Copyrighted Song."
(Twelve minutes later)
"Here are their GPS coordinates and matching photos. Here is your $5,000 fee for bringing this to our legal department's attention."

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