News & Commentary about Big Data
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May 28, 2013
For “Civic Hacking Day,” We’re Opening Our Torture Database to Developers
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Feb 12, 2013
Raytheon’s “Riot” Social-Network Data Mining Software
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Jan 11, 2013
TSA Once Again Considering Using Commercial Data To Profile Passengers
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Dec 21, 2012
Open Source Intelligence and Crime Prevention
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Dec 13, 2012
Vast New Spying Program Was Started in Secret on a Bogus Pretext
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Oct 10, 2012
Senate Homeland Security Committee Misses the Mark with Statement on DHS “Fusion Center” Program
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Aug 1, 2012
Step One in Data-Mining America: Build a Big Database
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Jul 30, 2012
The Biggest New Spying Program You’ve Probably Never Heard Of