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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The types of information processed includes names, dates of birth, gender and ethnicity, and a number that identifies people on the police national computer.

Also to be shared – and listed under “special categories of personal data” - are “health markers which are expected to have significant predictive power”, such as data relating to mental health, addiction, suicide and vulnerability, and self-harm, as well as disability.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sweet minority report turned out so well what an incredible time to be alive

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I know what I'm watching tonight.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

I know, next, let's build the torment nexus, as featured in the famous book, Don't Build the Torment Nexus.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

There are around 600 homicides every year in the UK. The population is over 68 million. I feel like I could already give a pretty good estimate of whether a given person is going to be a murderer.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

The UK is also pushing for mandatory age verification. The next step is capturing all that adult-site-browsing data and using it to predict likely sex offenders.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty annoying myself, so I figure I would rate highly on the 'likely to be murdered' prediction tool. That is what it is right? Right?

[–] RamblingPanda 10 points 2 months ago

Fuck me, what a bullshit world are we living in?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Why is Labour like this?