[IP] outsourcing TIA...
I think it is a lot worse than that. Trust us, we trust them djf
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 2, 2005 3:08:06 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
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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