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In reply to the discussion: The Snowdon Controversy on DU [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Hope I don't need the sarcasm thing ...
Your point about the meta data is spot on, and totally ignored on DU, and in the media.
The meta data is owned by the phone company. Now, we could be having a debate about how it can and should be used, or NOT be used. But any such discussion gets shouted down around here.
One approach we could be discussing is the approach used to prevent the credit card companies from selling your data. Those companies are now required to keep certain aspects of the data they collect secret. And to get it, the government needs a warrant.
Same basic model applies here, but no one seems to be talking about how or where those lines should be drawn. Nor are they willing to move past the hyperbole and discuss details.
Its far to easy to post an OP (while using the free wifi an the local coffee shop), that claims we all live in a police state that is minutes from becoming Nazi Germany.