[ExI] Software maps suspects' digital movements

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Police buy software to map suspects' digital movements..
Wednesday 11 May 2011

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/11/police-software-maps-digital-movements>
Quote:
Britain's largest police force is using software that can map nearly
every move suspects and their associates make in the digital world,
prompting an outcry from civil liberties groups.

The Metropolitan police has bought Geotime, a security programme used
by the US military, which shows an individual's movements and
communications with other people on a three-dimensional graphic. It
can be used to collate information gathered from social networking
sites, satellite navigation equipment, mobile phones, financial
transactions and IP network logs.

According to Geotime's website, the programme displays data from a
variety of sources, allowing the user to navigate the data with a
timeline and animated display. The website claims it can also throw up
previously unseen connections between individuals.

"Links between entities can represent communications, relationships,
transactions, message logs, etc and are visualised over time to reveal
temporal patterns and behaviours," it reads.
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Also see:
<http://www.oculusinfo.com/SoftwareProducts/GeoTime.html>


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