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bemildred

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5. There are two problems:

Reply to a geek named Bob (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:05 AM

Sep 2012

1.) False positives and false negatives, i.e. error, what is the error rate? I can guarantee you it is not zero, or even close to zero.

2.) It is going to be easy as pie to thwart this stuff, once it gets out there, there will be a PDA app in a week.

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