Die Washington Post berichtet über das Datamining Programm Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement (ADVISE).
The Department of Homeland Security is testing a data-mining program that would attempt to spot terrorists by combing vast amounts of information about average Americans, such as flight and hotel reservations.
Und offensichtlich wurde es nicht so genau genommen mit der Privatssphäre der Bevölkerung:
The violations involved the government’s use of citizens’ private information without proper notification to the public and using the data for a purpose different than originally envisioned, said the source, who declined to be identified because the report is not yet public.
The issue lies at the heart of the debate over whether pattern-based data mining — or searching for bad guys without a known suspect — can succeed without invading people’s privacy and violating their civil liberties.