Fortunately, the author is right here to say you're incorrect. The article cited and linked to federal law with the PR/TT definition of metadata. It gave exampl

Fortunately, the author is right here to say you're incorrect. The article cited and linked to federal law with the PR/TT definition of metadata. It gave examples of header fields the FBI is asking for. It linked to and excerpted from original DOJ FCC documents offering additional examples of what the government believes to be valid metadata. It linked to and excerpted from a DOJ manual that spends about four pages talking about what's metadata or not. The author even posted a court opinion elaborating on what's metadata: https://plus.google.com/u/0/112961607570158342254/posts/9Cu7Q9kDUhc https://plus.google.com/u/0/112961607570158342254/posts/9Cu7... But clearly the author is just "speculating!" Sigh. I fear for the future of the republic.