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CIA's Chief Technology Officer Ira "Gus" Hunt (Image: YouTube screenshot)
The NSA might be getting a lot of attention right now, but it's certainly not the only intelligence agency collecting and analyzing information in the name of protecting America against its enemies.
The CIA's chief technology officer, Ira “Gus” Hunt, at GigaOM’s Structure:Data 2013 conference gave fascinating insight into his view points on "big data."
CIA's Chief Technology Officer Ira "Gus" Hunt (Image: YouTube screenshot)
Given the recent news of how the government is collecting and uses big data, it's worth calling out a few details from Hunt's April speech on the topic, which also included a few other nuggets of interest.
We've pulled out a few of these points and quotes. But first, here's Hunt's perhaps most telling word to the wise, which is exceedingly timely with news of recent leaks:
"Technology in this world is moving faster than government or law can keep up. It's moving faster than you can keep up. You should be asking what are your rights and who owns your data," he said at the end of his presentation.
Now for the points:
Watch Hunt talk about big data in this nearly 30 minute speech at the conference:
(H/T: GigaOM)
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