[IP] outsourcing TIA...

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

I think it is a lot worse than that. Trust us, we trust them djf

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: May 2, 2005 3:08:06 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: outsourcing TIA...


To me, one of the very big problems with TIA and similar databases is
the lack of accountability.  Here we see a proposal to make such a
scheme even less accountable.

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DHS chief floats idea for collecting private citizens' information

By Siobhan Gorman, National Journal
Call it Total Information Awareness, homeland-style.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff this week floated an  
idea to
start a nonprofit group that would collect information on private  
citizens,
flag suspicious activity, and send names of suspicious people to his
department.

....

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0405/042905nj1.htm

        --Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb




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