I take the second option, this is a man who tried to claim metadata is not data. And it took them just a few weeks to breach the 'safe guards' in place for the

I take the second option, this is a man who tried to claim metadata is not data. And it took them just a few weeks to breach the 'safe guards' in place for the warrantless data retention scheme. Http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/police-illegally-obtained-journalists-phone-records-under-new-metadata-retention-regime-20170428-gvutjx.html