On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:31:55 -0700 (MST), "Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah" <rmsl...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>Brought to you by the people who were sure they'd found evidence that North >Korea hacked Sony: > >http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/02/spy-research-agency-building-psychic-machines-predict-hacks/105882/ > >(Yes, OK, I can see possibilities here. People on the net, including >attackers, provide much more information than they realize. But, by the very >nature of the attacks they are most interested in, you are aiming at a >constantly moving target. I suspect that this type of thing fits in with >perpetual motion machines and "perfect" virus detection. [Where is Alan >Solomon now that we need him?]) >From wikipedia: Precrime in criminology dates back to the positivist school in the late 19th century. States predict inmates' future crimes with secretive surveys http://news.yahoo.com/states-predict-inmates-future-crimes-secretive-surveys-081524452--politics.html Europeans have already implemented precrime punishment, of course. Also from the wikipedia article: "Today, a clear example of this trend is nachträgliche Sicherungsverwahrung" (retrospective security detention), which became an option in German criminal law in 2004. This measure of security can be decided upon at the end of a prison sentence on a purely prognostic basis (Boetticher/Feest 2008, 263 sq.). In France, a similarly retrospective measure was introduced in 2008 as rétention de sûreté (security detention)." Hilarious! Oh, ha ha ha! -- Ned _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
