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In reply to the discussion: Clapper & Feinstein finally admit that ALL phone records going back 7 years are being collected [View all]sikofit3
(145 posts)I also work with metadata on an environmental basis but also through emergency management with address and phone number data etc... Those in the data/metadata world, even just as users, know how powerful these databases are at retrieving any data stored, in seconds. The intelligence of these information systems are amazing. In a good world data saves lives and lets companies work efficiently etc... but this data can also be queried for nefarious reasons and often times it is. Just like you said the interpretation of the data can be accurate, or not so accurate and it is left up to the individuals in charge to decide how they want to interpret and manipulate that data. Its not a joke and when actions from the data and from the interpretation of the data consist of death by drone or imprisoned in a privately owned prison that wants to keep you there, innocent or not, because they need a body in that cell to make money should scare the hell out of anyone. I think in this information age people need to educate themselves on metadata and data collection because its not as innocent and blase as people think.