Wierd req from boss
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My boss wants me to add a function in the customer sign up that checks a database against wanted terrorists and their alias names they are using. Anyone know if there is a public database to query for names and photos.
Message box: "I see you entered the name ; this name appears on our list of suspected terrorists. Are you the suspected terrorist known as ?" [Yes] [No] If No -- Add user Else -- Go back and require the user to enter a new name
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Message box: "I see you entered the name ; this name appears on our list of suspected terrorists. Are you the suspected terrorist known as ?" [Yes] [No] If No -- Add user Else -- Go back and require the user to enter a new name
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Now I'm picturing the S.W.A.T. teams from "The Blues Brothers" and "Brazil".
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Whoo hoo! The "Wally Reflector"[^]!
I get a dead link trying to access the readable version of the comic.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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I get a dead link trying to access the readable version of the comic.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
Alas, that was the best I could find at a moment's notice. I, of course, have it as a newspapaer clipping taped to my wall.
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My boss wants me to add a function in the customer sign up that checks a database against wanted terrorists and their alias names they are using. Anyone know if there is a public database to query for names and photos.
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You can download the US Treasury Department Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN) here: http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/[^]
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thanks. this is part of whats needed. Thanks for the link. I can now start moving all this into a database.
Ooooh, wow, there's an XML version and a schema, use that one. (Why does that sound sarcastic? It's not supposed to, darn it.)
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Ooooh, wow, there's an XML version and a schema, use that one. (Why does that sound sarcastic? It's not supposed to, darn it.)
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I cant find the XML file and the schema. Only the txt files and the PDF file. Can you link it for me ? Thanks
They're right there on the page the other link got to, further down the page.
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Ha you should only know how many diffrent banks and service companies that runs checks against goverment databases for people who is suspected of terrorist acts or involment and is wanted by FBI and Interpol. Its not a 10 people list. this is 1000 of peoples and aliases that is used out there both here in the states and in Europe.
the question is not abt the list of ppl or whats happening in Europe or Interpol. Question is.. where have u specified the tables. You're just telling us, hey u guys my boss needs a list of terrorist and that... how in the world are we supposed to know where its gonna come from.
Rocky You can't climb up a ladder with your hands in your pockets.
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My boss wants me to add a function in the customer sign up that checks a database against wanted terrorists and their alias names they are using. Anyone know if there is a public database to query for names and photos.
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Hey....What If the user enter a fake id and photo....
Sagar Pattnayak Software Developer Sun-Dew Solutions +91-9831169962
Right, what the boss seems to want to achieve is unachievable, and therefore a waste of time and effort by the developers. Plus you'll wrongly accuse many innocent users and they'll go to a competitor's site instead.
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Hey....What If the user enter a fake id and photo....
Sagar Pattnayak Software Developer Sun-Dew Solutions +91-9831169962
Well the list is updated with all known aka names. I think my boss wants this as a sales pitch for the software. Purpose is to make it harder for someone to get the service if they are up to no good. Yes someone can be denied service, but the customer owning the software can opt to use this or not in the settings.
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the question is not abt the list of ppl or whats happening in Europe or Interpol. Question is.. where have u specified the tables. You're just telling us, hey u guys my boss needs a list of terrorist and that... how in the world are we supposed to know where its gonna come from.
Rocky You can't climb up a ladder with your hands in your pockets.
RockyC# My boss wants me to add a function in the customer sign up that checks a database against wanted terrorists and their alias names they are using. Anyone know if there is a public database to query for names and photos. this was more a call to the forums asking if they knew if there was a gov database for me to query out there. Alot of softwares uses this now and the chances a developer here on the forum had been in contact with it is high. So i see it as a good question for tips on where such public database could be.
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Well the list is updated with all known aka names. I think my boss wants this as a sales pitch for the software. Purpose is to make it harder for someone to get the service if they are up to no good. Yes someone can be denied service, but the customer owning the software can opt to use this or not in the settings.
But the user could perhaps create a new alias on the spot.
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My boss wants me to add a function in the customer sign up that checks a database against wanted terrorists and their alias names they are using. Anyone know if there is a public database to query for names and photos.
It finally occurred to me today that, were I a terrorist, I would check the list frequently. :)