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Specifically, since the numbers are pretty unbelieveable if you haven't seen such arguments before: if the bad guys are as numerous as 1 in 1000, then the number of false positives will be 999*19% > 189 in 1000. That is, if you are identified as a bad guy, then the odds are worse than 1 in 190 (just over 0.5%) that you are one.


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