Post by DSkillz on Jan 24, 2015 9:28:55 GMT
The Machine (Person of Interest)
The Machine is a mass surveillance computer system in the CBS science fiction crime drama television series Person of Interest. It is used by its co-creator, Harold Finch (played by Michael Emerson) and his allies to predict and help prevent violent criminal acts by collecting and analyzing enormous amounts of data from various electronic sources.
The Machine is a computer system built and designed by Harold Finch and Nathan Ingram for a secret entity of the United States government, known by the project name "Northern Lights".
The Machine analyzes feeds from domestic organizations such as the National Security Agency, and foreign entities including Interpol ("No Good Deed") to predict terrorist attacks and modify intelligence reports to include "relevant" data that will allow the government to forestall terrorist activity. Combined with data collected from various other sources, such as video footage, phone calls (landline, VOIP, mobile), GPS, electronic transactions, e-mails and other social media, it is able to accurately predict violent acts without anyone knowing about its existence.
After September 11, 2001, Congress created the cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security via the Patriot Act giving DHS and its affiliated agencies the right to read emails and monitor phone calls. To handle the data, they needed a computer system that could scan through all the information and identify terrorists before they could act. After trials with projects like Trailblazer, TIA, and Stellar Wind were unsuccessful, the Machine was commissioned. ("No Good Deed") Development was handed over to Nathan Ingram's company, IFT. When the Machine was completed, Ingram sold it to the government for $1.00. ("Super") The Machine went online on February 24, 2005. ("Wolf and Cub")
The Machine sorts through all available information and categorizes persons of interest into relevant (national security) and irrelevant (everything else) cases. When a relevant threat has been identified, the information is forwarded to the NSA or the FBI ("Pilot"), without leaving any indication as to where the information originated. ("No Good Deed")
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The Machine is a computer system built and designed by Harold Finch and Nathan Ingram for a secret entity of the United States government, known by the project name "Northern Lights".
The Machine analyzes feeds from domestic organizations such as the National Security Agency, and foreign entities including Interpol ("No Good Deed") to predict terrorist attacks and modify intelligence reports to include "relevant" data that will allow the government to forestall terrorist activity. Combined with data collected from various other sources, such as video footage, phone calls (landline, VOIP, mobile), GPS, electronic transactions, e-mails and other social media, it is able to accurately predict violent acts without anyone knowing about its existence.
After September 11, 2001, Congress created the cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security via the Patriot Act giving DHS and its affiliated agencies the right to read emails and monitor phone calls. To handle the data, they needed a computer system that could scan through all the information and identify terrorists before they could act. After trials with projects like Trailblazer, TIA, and Stellar Wind were unsuccessful, the Machine was commissioned. ("No Good Deed") Development was handed over to Nathan Ingram's company, IFT. When the Machine was completed, Ingram sold it to the government for $1.00. ("Super") The Machine went online on February 24, 2005. ("Wolf and Cub")
The Machine sorts through all available information and categorizes persons of interest into relevant (national security) and irrelevant (everything else) cases. When a relevant threat has been identified, the information is forwarded to the NSA or the FBI ("Pilot"), without leaving any indication as to where the information originated. ("No Good Deed")
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Wikipedia
Pedia of Interest
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CBS
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