"The article makes a salient point but I'd say this was even true before the Internet companies existed." The article clearly states, the advent of the Interne

"The article makes a salient point but I'd say this was even true before the Internet companies existed." The article clearly states, the advent of the Internet has created a much more efficient information gathering system. What might appear to be meaningless information collected by private companies can allow software to ^infer^ much more than just a name might indicate. Inference via ^software defined^ characteristics shortens the detail/arrest lists in the same way intelligence software shortens the kill-chain for the military.