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>you can easily infer what the appointment was because the phone call will mention the name of the doctor or office and you can look that up plus all the detail
by omginternets 3y ago
>you can easily infer what the appointment was because the phone call will mention the name of the doctor or office and you can look that up plus all the details they discuss
You're assuming these things are mentioned. "Hi, I'd like to book/confirm an appointment with Dr. Jones." doesn't leak information about "abortion".
Yes, these things obviously depend on what information is transmitted. The point, however, is that metadata more reliably transmits sensitive information than does "the data".
- r3d0c 3y ago> You're assuming these things are mentioned. "Hi, I'd like to book/confirm an appointment with Dr. Jones." doesn't leak information about "abortion". yes it does.. just look up who dr jones is; is the metadata going to say "this lady is getting an abortion" ?
- omginternets 3y agoI think you're nit-picking and failing to address the broader point. 1. The conversation may or may not contain information pertaining to an abortion. 2. The metadata (namely: "it's an abortion clinic") inherently contains such information. The point is that metadata is usually the more interesting data.
- r3d0c 3y ago> inherently contains such information. no it doesn't, it'll contain a phone number to a clinic, then you'll have to look up what kind of clinic it is you're telling me the receptionist answering the phone at the clinic won't mention the name of the clinic when someone calls? and stick to objective points and don't fault me by calling it nitpicking because your argument falls apart when basic critical thinking is applied to it