This link has been bookmarked by 182 people . It was first bookmarked on 02 Mar 2006, by Joel Liu.
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Combining a data mining operation with the Patriot Act's power to access information makes it all too easy for the federal government to violate the Constitution's prohibition against unreasonable search.
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The only plausible way of processing that amount of traffic is a massive Orwellian application of automated voice recognition technology to sift through it all, searching for interesting keywords or searching for a particular speaker's voice.
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But an individual with access to the internet can still develop a fairly sophisticated profile of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens using free and publicly available resources.
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For an all inclusive search by name, you could compile a comprehensive list of first names and nicknames from the baby names databases available on the internet.
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User wishlists are not in this list, nor did the actions to be taken violate the conditions of use.
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what books are most dangerous
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search for specific books, I used ISBN numbers
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If some results look suspiciously low,
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a specific ISBN
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there is also a slight bias in favor of newer books.
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Though the full address is hidden
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I can do a Yahoo People Search to obtain an exact street address and phone number.
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street address is all we need to get a satellite image of a person's home.
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All the tools used in this project are standard and free. The services, likewise, are all free
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Under Section 251 of the Patriot Act, the FBI can require Amazon to turn over its records, without probable cause, for an "authorized investigation . . . to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities."
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the FBI is now hiring computer scientists to implement a project that sounds very similar to what I just did:
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Thomas JamesNext comes the fun part – what books are most dangerous? So many to choose from. Here's a sample of the list I made. Feel free to make up your own list if you decide to try some data mining. Send it to the FBI. I'm sure they'll appreciate your help in fig
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Mary MarklandData Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter
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m cassimatisdlcs/BookmanOldStyle/int to see wh books 'dangerous'/other dlcs -How easy it is to Google map everyone th has, say, Orwell's "1984"//-Artikel is echt dope! -une bonne leçon de hacking -I feel safer.-jazzmasterson //heh
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Nathan ReinComplete, step-by-step instructions for data-mining the Amazon.com wishlists to discover who is interested in "dangerous" books. All tools are free, easily available, and allowable within the TOS (says the author).
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avivajazz jazzavivaIt used to be you had to get a warrant to monitor a person or a group of people. Today, it is increasingly easy to monitor ideas. And then track them back to people. Most of us don't have access to the databases, software, or computing power of the NSA, F
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Vast deposits of personal information sit in databases across the internet. Terms used in phone conversations have become the grounds for federal investigation. Reputable organizations like the Catholic Worker, Greenpeace, and the Vegan Community Project, have come under scrutiny by FBI "counterterrorism" agents. "Data mining" of all that information and communication is at the heart of the furor over the recent disclosure of government snooping. "U.S. President George W. Bush and his aides have said his executive order allowing eavesdropping without warrants was limited to monitoring international phone and e-mail communications linked to people with connections to al-Qaeda. What has not been acknowledged, according to the Times, is that NSA technicians combed large amounts of phone and Internet traffic seeking patterns pointing to terrorism suspects. "Some officials described the program as a large data mining operation, the Times said, and described it as much larger than the White House has acknowledged."
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his blog post maps publicly accessible Amazon Wishlists to plot readers of various controversial titles. It's a very thought-provoking post.
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his blog post maps publicly accessible Amazon Wishlists to plot readers of various controversial titles. It's a very thought-provoking post.
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his blog post maps publicly accessible Amazon Wishlists to plot readers of various controversial titles. It's a very thought-provoking post.
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16 Jul 06
ken .Simple scripting scours amazon wish lists for those who read "dangerous" books, mashed up with google maps to see where they live, knock-knock it's 1984 (one of the books), ok children can you spell patriot act? Hang on, there's someone at the door...
amazon books computer cool database google information politics programming search security usa visualization web
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This is a proof of concept article that demonstrates how easy it is to do simple datamining with freely availible information; and shows how dangerous the governments growing powers and flagrent privacy violations are.
Surveillance Statistics Security Rights Reference Privacy API Automation Free Government Hacking HOWTO Tutorial USA Blogs Article
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"Data mining" of all that information and communication is at the heart of the furor over the recent disclosure of government snooping. "U.S. President George W. Bush and his aides have said his executive order allowing eavesdropping without warrants was limited to monitoring international phone and e-mail communications linked to people with connections to al-Qaeda. What has not been acknowledged, according to the Times, is that NSA technicians combed large amounts of phone and Internet traffic seeking patterns pointing to terrorism suspects. "Some officials described the program as a large data mining operation, the Times said, and described it as much larger than the White House has acknowledged." (Reuters)
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Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists
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zenmoon starroki - time to delete my wishlist - oops too late!
Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter Privacy
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"Data mining" of all that information and communication is at the heart of the furor over the recent disclosure of government snooping. "U.S. President George W. Bush and his aides have said his executive order allowing eavesdropping without warrants was limited to monitoring international phone and e-mail communications linked to people with connections to al-Qaeda. What has not been acknowledged, according to the Times, is that NSA technicians combed large amounts of phone and Internet traffic seeking patterns pointing to terrorism suspects.
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the wiretaps can be shifted over to a different 1 percent until the target is found, or until everyone's phone line has been checked for subversive traffic. The FBI said they need this capacity to plan for the future. This plan sparked such outrage that it was defeated in Congress. But the mere fact that the FBI even asked for these broad powers is revealing of their agenda."
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Gagan DieshGuy uses amazon wishlists to geogrpahically plot where people lived, who were interested in certain items. scary.
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webminkThere is no piece of data too trivial to be immune from triangulation.
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roysightVast deposits of personal information sit in databases across the internet. Terms used in phone conversations have become the grounds for federal investigation. Reputable organizations like the Catholic Worker, Greenpeace, and the Vegan Community Project,
Data Mining 101 : Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter Library
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Vast deposits of personal information sit in databases across the internet. Terms used in phone conversations have become the grounds for federal investigation. Reputable organizations like the Catholic Worker, Greenpeace, and the Vegan Community Project, have come under scrutiny by FBI "counterterrorism" agents.
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Vast deposits of personal information sit in databases across the internet. Terms used in phone conversations have become the grounds for federal investigation. Reputable organizations like the Catholic Worker, Greenpeace, and the Vegan Community Project, have come under scrutiny by FBI "counterterrorism" agents.
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