Metadata Knows You Better Than You Do
By Becky Akers
October 8, 2013
The NSA constantly pleads that it isn’t listening to our phone calls or reading our emails; it’s simply collecting the “metadata” about them.
To my knowledge, the agency has yet to make a major statement that isn’t later exposed as a lie; only a fool would believe these bureaucrats aren’t eavesdropping and reading over our shoulders. But OK, even if they were mining metadata alone, this article shows how thoroughly you can know a man through that medium.
Becky Akers [send her mail] has published two novels of the American Revolution, Halestorm and Abducting Arnold. They celebrate liberty and sedition, among other joys, so buy them now, before they’re banned.
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