Is big data headed towards the minority report? - Article for the day 20 July

So I came across this article in the Economist that talks about how predictive policing is becoming a part of various city policy tools. It is a very balanced article which also talks about how this should not end up in the future depicted in the movie "Minority Report". It also has a few words of caution for the overzealous social media folks.

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21582042-it-getting-easier-foresee-wrongdoing-and-spot-likely-wrongdoers-dont-even-think-about-it

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post

Bonus - More "Minority Report" gadgets coming out in marketing too http://mashable.com/2013/07/09/face-detection-ads/