Crime Prediction Machine Being Used To Stop Shoplifters
from the minority-report? dept
Over in the UK, they've apparently built up a database program that can predict shoplifting patterns to the point that they can warn stores to be on the lookout. They don't really describe how it works, but suggest that it includes the crime patterns of a few thousand shoplifters, and from that, they believe they can predict how future shoplifting sprees will progress.
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Does this worry anyone else?
Nothing says "fit for the enterprise", "robust", and "dependable" like MS Access. Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-Microsoft per se, but it always surprises me to see people using Access in a multi-user, enterprise environment and it makes me a little nervous to see it used for predictive analysis in conjuction with law enforcement.
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