The flaw in these over zealous mind- policemens arguments is that they say will be no other way to tell what someone is doing without reading their texts and phone data live.
A beat cop knows there are many "tells" about what someone is doing. Similarly, one has to commit several crimes leading up to a terrorist act. Catching those before hand crimes is an effective way at stopping the final act.
And who is going to be investigating all the people with keywords in their texts? There are not enough cops in the US to do that.
If we use the net, there's a government file with a rating on how dangerous we are.
A beat cop knows there are many "tells" about what someone is doing. Similarly, one has to commit several crimes leading up to a terrorist act. Catching those before hand crimes is an effective way at stopping the final act.
And who is going to be investigating all the people with keywords in their texts? There are not enough cops in the US to do that.
If we use the net, there's a government file with a rating on how dangerous we are.
My blog on these issues www.cyderinc.net