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Everything about privacy (the confidentiality pillar of security) -- but not restricted to infosec. Offline privacy is also relevant here.

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No one — absolutely no one — saw this coming: "The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the (infosec.exchange)
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No one — absolutely no one — saw this coming: "The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill

This is far, far more sinister than anything even Philip K. Dick could dream of.

#precrime #thoughtcrime #privacy

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago

This here is the prime example of why we must stay vigilant about the collection and dissemination of personal information.

Also, while this article only mentions "algorithm", it's not difficult to predict that AI models are or will be used for this kind of task.

AI advocates often claim that any plans to regulate AI are just a hindrance to progress. I will take regulation if it will stop this kind of madness.