This link is of little value. Why should anyone believe that Big Data could never be used to help prevent terrorist attacks?<p>Rather, lots of things can help us to prevent terrorist attacks. Depending on who you talk to this may include: hire more police officers, accept more refugees from Syria, record and analyze everyone&#x27;s conversations and movement, stop bombing civilian populations, expel all Muslims, and withdraw US forces and other support from the Middle East.<p>As this article specifically supports Israeli methods to &quot;track down enemies of the Israeli state&quot;, I&#x27;ll add that I support Sweden&#x27;s position and its recognition of the Palestinian state.<p>In that context, note also the statement &quot;[suppose] a large percentage of people from Country X have performed some form of terrorist attacks in last years.&quot; Who do you think that &quot;Country X&quot; is supposed to be?<p>Bear in mind that the US estimates there are no more than 200,000 terrorists in the world. (Says <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techdirt.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;20140506&#x2F;14033627137&#x2F;how-many-terrorists-are-there-not-as-many-as-you-might-think.shtml" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techdirt.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;20140506&#x2F;14033627137&#x2F;how-m...</a> .) From the US perspective there are no countries where &#x27;a large percentage of people ... have performed some form of terrorist attacks in last years&#x27;.