It's entertaining to watch the tech industry collectively announce that big data analysis doesn't work (when it relates to intelligence)
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Replying to @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans Big data is good for pattern analysis, not identifying rare, practically non-repeating events. Have piece coming out soon.2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes -
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@BenedictEvans Look at the profiles of the last attackers. Very little stands them out from tens of thousands. France had ~400 in list.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @zeynep
@BenedictEvans Gone to Syria, that's big deal. But that's not big data. Pattern analysis drowns in false positives and noise. Weak signal.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@BenedictEvans Regular big data analysis=statistically good enough. "You'll probably like this movie." Intelligence has to find THE guy.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@zeynep@BenedictEvans I'd revise to "Terrorist groups emerge with and/or from patterns. Acts of terrorism are needles in a haystack."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@BenedictEvans @dpfrank07 Yes. Here's my piece. Privacy issues aside, the method isn't suited to the problem.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/opinion/stopping-whatsapp-wont-stop-terrorists.html …
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Replying to @zeynep
@BenedictEvans@dpfrank07 From what we know all everything that's happened, and the profiles & the bottlenecks. Narrowing down is the issue.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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