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I am not quite sure why this is news (or even worth mentioning for that matter) given the fact that the NSA has demonstrated a propensity to collect pretty much

I am not quite sure why this is news (or even worth mentioning for that matter) given the fact that the NSA has demonstrated a propensity to collect pretty much any data it can get it's hands on. This revelation seems like a given fact. Should we also publish articles chronicling the NSA's collection of family secret recipes?

bendoernberg 13y ago
It's news because most people don't understand what "metadata" means in the abstract, and what the implications of the NSA having it are. This may be a sufficiently concrete invasion of privacy to reach the average person.