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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]tex-wyo-dem
(3,190 posts)Phone calls ARE data...digital data. No different than an email or text msg or Internet search or message board post, etc, etc. It's all just digital data that the NSA is storing and running through massive computer algorithms to seach out keywords, etc. Now, voice call data does have to be treated differently in that it has to be decypted and converted to analog data and run through voice recognition software to make it usable/understandable. Voice recognition software is only partially reliable, so often the data has to be reviewed by actual human ears.
My point is that the NSA is saying they are just gathering data....the loophole is that includes voice calls, of everyone, that they have full access to without any specific judicial oversight.