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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by pbhjpbhj on Monday March 21, 2016 @10:22AM (#11328210)
But it does mean that scrutinising people with f91w watches should increase detection rates.
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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by ska on Monday March 21, 2016 @11:32AM (#11328768)
Sure, and I'm not saying you are wrong.

The point was that sensitivity and specificity are always a trade off. Failing to understand this correctly has been a huge problem in practice.

Examining everyone who breathes, after all, has very high sensitivity.

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Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ... by Someone on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:30PM (#11329250)
But that may only be because the terrorists wearing those watches are worse at not being found out than the ones not wearing them.
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