From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 11:29:01 MDT
Giulio wrote:
Assuming that the system would work, we have here an idea
> that someone at DARPA has considered worth spending millions on, on
> the basis of operational considerations, then has been dropped on the
> basis of ethical and PC considerations. So this looks like a terrific
> business opportunity for the private sector, as the BBC author says.
> It would be interesting taking a look at the DARPA project
> documentation, that has disappeared from the DARPA website, does
> anyone have copies? How could such a business be developed?
### I wouldn't be surprised if the Pentagon went ahead with a covert futures
market, open to FBI/Homeland Security?CIA/NSA/OtherUnheardOfSpyAgency
employees, so as to allow aggregation of data among persons most likely to
have data in the first place, with a big "Top Secret" stamp on it and some
deniability (perhaps as in a tolerated semi-informal betting market to be
ditched if the sanctimonious crowd gets wind of it). Almost all the benefits
of PAM, none of the exposure to idiots.
Rafal
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