> If it didn't, the NSA would not be so interested in collecting it. I'm going to quote Schneier. Stop calling it metadata. Call it what cryptographers and se

> If it didn't, the NSA would not be so interested in collecting it. I'm going to quote Schneier. Stop calling it metadata. Call it what cryptographers and security professionals have called it since forever: traffic analysis. Traffic analysis is a powerful tool by itself. Combined with practically unlimited access to source material, and the ability to unmask almost every communication node, you don't even NEED to care about the contents. Timing, frequency and direction of communication is more than enough.