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Re:EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf] by NoImmatureAdHom on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:31AM (#25035161)
I would bet basically anything that inferring "did commit" from "is suspect" works very well in aggregate.
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Re:EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf] by bildung on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:36AM (#25058247)
"Recent figures show that only 15 percent of all crimes are solved." https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/5399870

That low resolution rate alone introduces a margin of error that is larger than the difference between immigrant and non-immigrant suspects. It is therefore possible that the much higher immigrant suspect rate is entirely a result of biases.

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Re:EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf] by nitrogen on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:51PM (#25037430)
This doesn't work numerically if each crime averages more than one suspect.
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Re:EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf] by NoImmatureAdHom on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:39PM (#25041305)
This is a good point! I wonder how often that's the case...
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