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I have to disagree. One could probably extract most of the information in your example from one of the phone calls and very likely even more information you can
by danbruc 13y ago
I have to disagree. One could probably extract most of the information in your example from one of the phone calls and very likely even more information you can not extract from metadata alone. But there is of course also information you can only extract from metadata because it is never explicitly verbalized.
- brudgers 13y ago[Beep] "Mom, call me." It's the timing and individuals and the sequence of events which matter.
- danbruc 13y agoThe information will probably be in the next call.
- brudgers 13y agoYes, yes, but it is already in the meta-data: Even if the patient drives to Mom's house after getting voice mail - in which case there will not be the next call but there will be meta-data regarding the location of the patient's cell phone.
- danbruc 13y agoThis is just no true - if I buy a used car and then call somebody to tell him that I just bought a black Audi A6 there is no (easy) way you can figure out these details from metadata alone.
- joesb 13y agoHow can there be meta-data of location of patient's cell phone, but not data of patient's cell phone? What is that which "data" is that "meta-data" the "meta" of?
- brudgers 13y ago"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. -- Bill Clinton And now I am reminiscing fondly about the days when our biggest national concern was a blowjob.
- joesb 13y agoSo meta-data of that would be "[Beep]"