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2005-06-18 Home Front: Tech

In WoT, New Search Engine Seeks Hidden Vulnerabilities

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Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is Data Mining on the internet. Data Mining is widely used in business. In a nutshell DM helps you find patterns of interest in people of interest and then identify more people who fit the patterns you have found. In business this would be to sell them a car loan or whatever. In the WOT this would be to find potential terrorists. For example, you could search for patterns about the 9/11 hijackers and then search for others who fit the patterns in order to find people planning similar attacks.

My description makes it sound more precise than it is. Its like a high tech form of profiling that increases the odds of success. Otherwise the article overdoes the GeeWhiz hightech magic bit. The technique has been around for years on large databses, although I don't underestimate the difficulties of doing it over the internet.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-18 01:06|| 2005-06-18 01:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Shhhh! Don't use the "P" word or the "r-e-p-o-r-t-e-r" will catch on.

Posted by .com 2005-06-18 01:08|| 2005-06-18 01:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Yasss. I believe this new tool will be known as the "Rantburg Search Engine," a division of Pruitt Industries.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-06-18 02:18|| 2005-06-18 02:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Get better results with the new and improved Whizinator.

Posted by Captain America 2005-06-18 02:20|| 2005-06-18 02:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks for the technical analysis, guys. In my ignorance I thought this sounded exciting. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-18 11:31|| 2005-06-18 11:31|| Front Page Top

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