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Existing judicial system is calibrated for HUMINT. False accusations are costly, but rare. Using digital communications to discover criminals can accidentally
by pps43 6y ago
Existing judicial system is calibrated for HUMINT. False accusations are costly, but rare.
Using digital communications to discover criminals can accidentally sweep in many more innocents, who would then have to hire lawyers and carry all kinds of other costs to defend themselves.
- nabilhat 6y agoNot to mention, the court system in the US is already at capacity, even though the vast majority of cases are settled before reaching a decision. Sweeping in more cases resulting from a flood of new information won't make it any easier to defend oneself. Then there are the unintended outcomes. What does the correctness look like for those found crimes based on bits from a sea of untapped information when Bayes theorum is applied to an entire populace? And if crimes are prosecuted before being verified using the real world investigation methods already in use?