[thotpoizn]

I think some of the most interesting (and hard!) problems are behavioral, centering around "spotting the bad apple." Which employee is most likely to steal, and why? What sorts of activities may be deemed suspicious, and merit closer investigation? There's a dangerous place in that direction, shades of 1984 - but there's also some pretty fascinating stuff too, i.e. "this guy just deviated from his routine in a significant way right after a big fight with his significant other, and now he's buying large quantities of ammunition; flag for increased surveillance."

I don't know where the proper line lies, exactly, between protecting privacy and building the magic "bad apple detector." But the geek in me desperately wants to see more time and cleverness invested in human heuristics...