Las Vegas is America's Playground . . . And Its Security Lab: How the Technology Developed to Protect Casinos Earnings is Also Helping to Protect Against Terrorism and Why We Should Be Concerned

Gregory Gunn
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Las Vegas, Nevada, has long been known as “America’s playground” due in large part to the casino and gaming business that thrives within this desert city. Along with the glitz, glamor, and sparkling lights of the casinos come the hopes of hitting the jackpot — whether through the luck of an honest wager or from cheating the house. Because of the large amount of money handled by Las Vegas casinos, casinos are continually seeking ways to protect and increase their profits through various security measures — which has made Las Vegas a technology innovator. This paper discusses some of the technology used in casinos to protect their investment and how casinos gather and share information, not only among themselves; but, with the federal government. Because of the events on September 11, 2001, the federal government’s interest in Las Vegas technology was piqued by the development of a system that could link together “non-obvious” and seemingly random information. This paper asserts that this technology combined with the “mosaic effect” allows the federal government an even greater ability to know specific details about the lives of its citizens. While acknowledging this technology exists, this paper provides recommendations that citizen groups should urge government officials to adopt regarding the government’s use of this technology.
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内华达州的拉斯维加斯长期以来一直被称为“美国的游乐场”,这在很大程度上是由于赌场和博彩业在这个沙漠城市蓬勃发展。伴随着赌场的浮华、魅力和闪闪发光的灯光,带来了中头奖的希望——无论是通过诚实下注的运气,还是通过欺骗庄家。由于拉斯维加斯赌场处理的大量资金,赌场不断寻求通过各种安全措施来保护和增加利润的方法-这使拉斯维加斯成为技术创新者。本文讨论了在赌场中使用的一些技术来保护他们的投资,以及赌场如何收集和共享信息,不仅仅是在他们自己之间;但是,对于联邦政府。由于2001年9月11日的事件,联邦政府对拉斯维加斯技术的兴趣被一种系统的开发所激发,这种系统可以将“不明显的”和看似随机的信息联系在一起。这篇论文断言,这项技术与“马赛克效应”相结合,使联邦政府有更大的能力了解其公民生活的具体细节。在承认该技术存在的同时,本文提出了公民团体应敦促政府官员采纳的关于政府使用该技术的建议。
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