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New Scientist puts a different spin on what seems to be the same idea: Email traffic patterns can reveal ringleaders
By looking for patterns in email traffic, a new technique can quickly identify online communities and the key people in them. The approach could mean terrorists or criminal gangs give themselves away, even if they are communicating in code or only discussing the weather.
In criminal investigations, detectives could look at global email traffic to see if known criminals are part of a wider community. The technique would also work for phone calls. Tyler admits that the way data is obtained and used could raise a raft of new questions over privacy. But at this early stage, the technique is a long way from being put into practice.
Wonder what they'd make of Barbelith, eh? |
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