Comments on: Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/homeland-security-embarks-on-big-brother-programs-to-read-our-minds-and-emotions/ alternative views, news & information—online, video and print Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:34:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 5by5 http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/homeland-security-embarks-on-big-brother-programs-to-read-our-minds-and-emotions/comment-page-1/#comment-3803 5by5 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:36:05 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=17010#comment-3803 Statistically, Schneier argues, it's a fool's errand. "If you run the math, you get several million false positives for every real attack you find. So it ends up being as useless as picking people randomly. If you're going to spend money on something, you can spend money on dice -- it's cheaper. And equally as effective."<br><br>Price of a pair of dice?<br><br>$9.99 at Le Target.<br><br>Price of a worthless DHS circlejerk that makes us no more secure?<br><br>$22.6 million dollars.<br><br>I am so sick to damn death and tired of what is laughingly referred to as "defense" taking up 55% of our budget while real priorities like health care or alternative energy have to be "budget neutral", I can't even EXPRESS!<br><br>Most priceless quotes from the article?<br><br>"The problem is the false positives."<br>NO SHIT.<br><br>"It's sort of at the 'gee whiz' stage."<br>Yeah, as in "Gee whiz, what the fuck are you wasting my tax dollars on?" Statistically, Schneier argues, it's a fool's errand. “If you run the math, you get several million false positives for every real attack you find. So it ends up being as useless as picking people randomly. If you're going to spend money on something, you can spend money on dice — it's cheaper. And equally as effective.”

Price of a pair of dice?

$9.99 at Le Target.

Price of a worthless DHS circlejerk that makes us no more secure?

$22.6 million dollars.

I am so sick to damn death and tired of what is laughingly referred to as “defense” taking up 55% of our budget while real priorities like health care or alternative energy have to be “budget neutral”, I can't even EXPRESS!

Most priceless quotes from the article?

“The problem is the false positives.”
NO SHIT.

“It's sort of at the 'gee whiz' stage.”
Yeah, as in “Gee whiz, what the fuck are you wasting my tax dollars on?”

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