NSA and GCHQ's crappy Big Data techniques may be killing thousands of innocents
by Cory Doctorow from on (#144KZ)
Researchers have taken a second look at the NSA SKYNET leaks, as well as the GCHQ data-mining problem book first published on Boing Boing, and concluded that the spy agencies have made elementary errors in their machine-learning techniques, which are used to identify candidates for remote assassination by drone. (more")