did this number talk to this number or anything four hops in its graph. that is the extent of the "metadata" level of anonymity that is admitted to. are the fol

did this number talk to this number or anything four hops in its graph. that is the extent of the "metadata" level of anonymity that is admitted to. are the folks running this query system willing to remove numbers everybody has to call at one time or another? it is not and never has been metadata, it is data. it is not anonymous, it is not data about data and it can be cross referenced. it would be utterly idiotic to contemplate that it works any other way. if you were in charge of it, how would you have it work? leave all decency aside and answer in the "get the job done" frame of mind.