Originally Posted by TierFlyer
So you say. What are your credentials? I know a LOT about profiling, data, and computer systems and I know I could build a system that could flag a suspect fingerprint in a few seconds. Mastercard built a system that could process several hundred million transactions per minute in under three seconds without even getting up a sweat.
I'm not the topic.
Originally Posted by TierFlyer
Again, an opinion masquerading as a statement of fact, unless you're a bona fide security wonk.
I get my news from more sources than just the news when it comes to these matters.
But what does it matter, for I'm
NOT the topic.
Originally Posted by TierFlyer
Ah, well, healthy paranoia bout the government keeping things like, say, background checks for gun purchasers past the 48 hour timeline is pretty healthy. Its just that since Hoover they haven't done much of a good job with it (see also Nixon and Clinton) so it's not high up on my list.
It's not healthy paranoia; it's a realization that there's such a thing as the slippery slope ... especially given public-private party discussions on this particular subject matter.