Saturday, October 8, 2011

US Department of Homeland Security developing system to predict criminal intent

US Department of Homeland Security developing system to predict criminal intent

We're not exactly lacking in opportunities for Minority Report references these days, but sometimes they're just unavoidable. According to a new report from CNET based on documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the US Department of Homeland security is now working on a system dubbed FAST (or Future Attribute Screening Technology) that's designed to identify individuals who are most likely to commit a crime.

Engadget, US Department of Homeland Security developing system to predict criminal intent

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