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Because calling them metadata provides the government with an argument that minimizes their importance, thereby allowing them to be exploited for nefarious purp
by slantedview 10y ago
Because calling them metadata provides the government with an argument that minimizes their importance, thereby allowing them to be exploited for nefarious purposes in the same way that calling torture "enhanced interrogation techniques" allows it to be exploited for nefarious purposes. And so we get stuck arguing over the definitions of words instead of the actual actions being performed under those definitions.
- Kristine1975 10y ago"We Kill People Based on Metadata" -- former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden Bruce Schneier's take on the distinction between "data" and "metadata": https://www.wired.com/2015/03/data-and-goliath-nsa-metadata-spying-your-secrets/ https://www.wired.com/2015/03/data-and-goliath-nsa-metadata-...
- 1024core 10y ago.. and because "metadata" is something most people don't understand.