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Subject: A Data Miner's perspective on the NSA Database

dailykos, by Sorceress Sarah, May 15, 2006

As a data miner, I am alarmed not only at the NSA's database, but also at the fear that the name of what I do conjures up. Data mining is niether inherently good nor evil: It is a tool. Like a hammer can be used to build a house or to crush a cranium, data mining can be used for great good or great evil. But let's look at what the NSA is doing...

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