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0 pointstomp10y ago0 comments

I believe "see it coming" is mean in the way that the security services would be able to predict the attack precisely (when, where, who), given the amount of survelience, data gathering and spying they do.

Alas, the spying is apparently targeting mainly the innocent civilians and is mostly ineffective against criminals.

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pluma10y ago

If the NSA revelations are anything to go by, the only difference between "not enough data" and "too much data" is that the after-the-fact investigations are now a bit easier.

There doesn't seem to be a "Goldilocks" amount of data. Or if there is, intelligence services seem to have no interest in finding it if it means restraining themselves.

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0 pointstomp10y ago0 comments

Alas, the spying is apparently targeting mainly the innocent civilians and is mostly ineffective against criminals.

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pluma10y ago

If the NSA revelations are anything to go by, the only difference between "not enough data" and "too much data" is that the after-the-fact investigations are now a bit easier.

There doesn't seem to be a "Goldilocks" amount of data. Or if there is, intelligence services seem to have no interest in finding it if it means restraining themselves.

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