Re: £4m doesn't go far
"(1) Define "waste of money".(2) Example of what is not a "waste of money"
(3) Source of clairvoyance. "foolish belief that this is going to work"
(4) Please ask source for the lotto numbers."
For goodness sake, it's an underfunded project to achieve an unclear goal using uncertain technology.
Previous attempts at this sort of thing have proved unsuccessful at best, and a public relations disaster at worst, and there is nothing in this project to suggest it will fare any better. How far do you think £4m split 13 ways goes.
And I'm not sure it is even desirable - it is always a bad idea in the long run to build tools which can be trivially repurposed to suppress dissent - how do you think China, Saudi Arabia and your local police force will repurpose and abuse this if it worked?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
