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Re:Mining social networks by Alex3917 on Saturday September 04, 2010 @04:58PM (#1663383)
"Was this ever a problem, or was it overcome?"

The problems Schneier is talking about have very different characteristics than the ones in this article. So the problems Schneier is talking about are still very real. But solving little pieces of the problem is definitely possible, especially with a good amount of human mediation.

Re:Mining social networks by doron on Saturday September 04, 2010 @05:09PM (#1663397)
Human mediatiation is key. Skilled intelligence analysis made by well versed operators. even then it is very hard.

As one intelligence analyst once told me " it is looking for a needle in stack of needles"

Re:Mining social networks by iamwil on Saturday September 04, 2010 @05:18PM (#1663407)
Ahh, so difference in data mining is that it implies there's no human in the loop.

Whereas palantir situates itself as a tool for intelligence, rather than as an oracle.