"The minority report" is an action film with Tom Cruise It's about a frightening future, with the not yet committed crimes Help can be predicted by drugged seers. Potential offenders are arrested in this bleak vision of the future and condemned before a crime has occurred at all.
Fortunately this is just a movie!
I thought, anyway.
Obviously inspired by the fantasy of a European research project was launched, which is predicted by the analysis of social networks and patterns to crime. It's about INDECT, the "Intelligent information system in support of surveillance, search and discovery for the safety of citizens in urban environments." It is "only" a research project of the European Commission, costs about 10 million € and is the automatic detection of terrorist threats and make use of criminal, "unusual" behavior or violence possible. The automation should enable the early detection and warning, reduced manpower requirements and improved data protection.
When the project but look closer, and the documents (some of which are on the website the project published) reads, you do not get really positive impression. The definition of "unusual behavior" is based on a survey of a few hundred Polish policemen. As dangerous classified is "running in the wrong direction" so "sit anywhere for too long" or even. This is claimed that the project would look before "only" the assembly of existing measures and databases, while we are talking about using drones. Internet monitoring (web pages, discussion forums, UseNet groups, file servers, p2p networks, and individual, private computer) is to be made possible with a new search engine. Some newly introduced concepts such as "Relationship Mining" will you do not know what exactly.
no doubt that the freedom of innovation is very important, but this type of projects that are part of the 7th Framework Programme operations could be better used if the policy would be more deeply involved from the beginning. There are, of course, an ethics advice, but mainly consists of police officers. Furthermore, on the one hand shows that the project in the national and EU legislation is moving. On the other hand, explained that for some technologies were still no laws. A former political participation might lead to more usable projects. Moreover, our laws should not be adapted to the needs of research, but rather the other way around. Technological advances are good, but our enthusiasm for them may not hostile to civil security solutions . Lead Not everything that is technologically possible, is to be used!
In Germany, we have very good data protection rules and principles, such as data reduction and data economy (§ 3a BDSG). It is frightening how far INDECT of these principles is removed. We should focus on concepts like "privacy by design"!
The project will soon be tested in Polish stadiums, and there was ever talk of an introduction during the football Euro 2012. INDECT is thus not "just" a research project and we must remain vigilant at all costs.
reading value on the topic: The written statement members of the European Parliament and the press release by Alexander Alvaro.
- Jimmy Schulz 
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