Tech tool may identify disgruntled workers

The Air Force is developing a data-mining tool to root out disaffected insiders based on their email activity, according to an article in this month's International Journal of Security and Networks. This could be a big step for corporations that routinely focus on electronic threats from the outside and it may be the dream of many tech executives to find the divisive employees with access to sensitive data. No one has yet talked about the potential privacy issue here, but we are sure you already have a corporate policy that the office computer is only to be used for work. Or do you?

For more on development of this technology:
- See this CNET blog

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