In statement, Wyden & Udall emphasize Americans need to know about dragnet violations. Given high error rate, I agree http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/08/16/21-of-the-database-query-errors-in-1q-2012-involved-the-phone-dragnet-database/ …
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel How do we know it's a high error rate? What's the denominator? What if it's a billion? Just askin.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KenDilanianNBC
@KenDilanianLAT We know only 300 identifiers were queried in all of 2012. Even assuming those 24 were only ones for year, it'd be ~8% error.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel 300 numbers, but we don't know how many queries.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KenDilanianNBC
@KenDilanianLAT Which is why I said it probably wasn't 32%. But if 24 queries in ONE QUARTER for DB not queried frequently errors, sky high.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel I asked is the rate between 8 and 30%, and he said 30% isn't right. So, you may be on to something.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KenDilanianNBC
@KenDilanianLAT Saw that. thanks for asking. Given how rarely the DB is queried, it's clearly unacceptably high.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel I lack your certainty that anything is clear, but it's a reasonable supposition.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KenDilanianNBC
@KenDilanianLAT If they hadn't bragged about how low the query number is I wouldn't be so sure. BUt I consider 8% too high.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel But again, we don;t know that they didn't do 10,000 queries of the 300 numbers. Since the database is always changing.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@KenDilanianLAT I may be wrong abt that, but if that's true (each error = ID), it says well more than 8% of identifiers queried were errors
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