Hub Bubs The people seemingly at the center of social networks-the hubs with the most connections-may not be so central after all. The highly connnected Diane appears to be the main hub here, but no real damage is done when she leaves the picture, below (one reason you never want to be a Diane at your workplace).
Instant Expert:
By some counts, government snoops are sifting through data from a billion or more phone calls and online messages daily. What might they be looking for?
- WHO: The National Security Agency and other intelligence groups
- WHAT: Processing and connecting data from phone calls, e-mails, online postings and financial transactions
- HOW: Using social-network analysis (the study of how people interact) and data-mining techniques (such as pattern-recognition algorithms) first used for artificial intelligence and consumer marketing
- WHY: To help uncover the structure of potential terrorist groups-far too secretive and dispersed to locate with traditional detection techniques-and decode their intentions
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