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Who decides what's "metadata". Even with TLS you can still workout what site someone's visiting because the hostname is exposed by SNI (and if it's not SNI, the
by philipwhiuk 9y ago
Who decides what's "metadata". Even with TLS you can still workout what site someone's visiting because the hostname is exposed by SNI (and if it's not SNI, then it's a single IP per hostname so you can just check it).
The hostname tells you when someone's visiting a rape counselling forum or a STI website or a whistleblowing site. It tells you what their political perspective is, their media landscape.
That's data the FBI can already get.