Activity-based intelligence replaces identity and files of data become death warrants

Evidence

From the mass of information collected about a particular individual, group, or place gradually emerge patterns, or traceable themes. Activity becomes an alternative to identity. Once a target has been named, instead of trying to localize it, do quite the opposite. Start by establishing surveillance and gathering information. Next, make large-scale graphs to do an analysis of “big data,” picking out nodular points that, by reason of the position and scale they occupy on the diagram, can be identified as threats that need to be neutralized. … The painstaking work of establishing an archive of lives progressively gathers together the elements of a file that, once it becomes thick enough, will constitute a death warrant. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 216 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Under activity-based intelligence, established patterns replace identity as grounds for killing. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 216; Activity-based intelligence replaces identity with behavioral templates as targeting basis; Surveillance turns any departure from a person’s habit into a potential death signal. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 214 (+6 more)

Related

• Under activity-based intelligence, established patterns replace identity as grounds for killing. (similarity 0.93)
• Pattern-of-life strikes kill civilians through unconfirmed behavioral inference (similarity 0.92)
• Activity-based intelligence replaces identity with behavioral templates as targeting basis (similarity 0.91)
• Signature strikes fire blindly on pattern-of-life indicators and kill innocents (similarity 0.91)
• Signature strikes kill based on behavior patterns, not confirmed identity (similarity 0.88)
• Most drone strikes target suspects whose identity is unknown at the moment of killing. (similarity 0.81)
• Surveillance turns any departure from a person’s habit into a potential death signal. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Under activity-based intelligence, established patterns replace identity as grounds for killing. #corroborates (0.90) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 216
• Activity-based intelligence replaces identity with behavioral templates as targeting basis #corroborates (0.85)
• Signature strikes kill people whose identities are unknown, based only on behavioral patterns #corroborates (0.85)
• Surveillance turns any departure from a person’s habit into a potential death signal. #corroborates (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 214
• Signature strikes kill based on behavior patterns, not confirmed identity #corroborates (0.80)
• Pattern-of-life strikes kill civilians through unconfirmed behavioral inference #corroborates (0.80)
• Modern trust takes the form of trust in specialized information processing #expands (0.75)
• Drones operationalize actuarial risk-based surveillance #expands (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 798