<story><title>It&apos;s not just metadata – the NSA is getting everything</title><url>http://blog.rubbingalcoholic.com/post/52913031241/its-not-just-meta-data-the-nsa-is-getting-everything</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>roboneal</author><text>It also enrages me how they dismiss the metadata as a &amp;quot;nothing burger&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Does it occur to anyone how much leverage you can exert with that information alone in such areas as finance, divorce proceedings, opposition research, leak investigations, and good old fashioned blackmail?&lt;p&gt;To add to it, they don&amp;#x27;t even need a court order or oversight to do the metadata searches per Feinstein (today).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mtgx</author><text>What matters me is that most even forget to mention part of the metadata is the location of the device. With that data they can basically track everyone&amp;#x27;s location, almost as accurately as with GPS.&lt;p&gt;And such GPS tracking was just considered unconstitutional in a 9-0 decision by the Supreme Court. I really hope all this stuff gets to the Supreme Court. Even if not all of it is unconstitutional, I could see at least 80% of the policies comprised in Patriot Act and FISA Amendments Act being unconstitutional.</text></comment>
<story><title>It&apos;s not just metadata – the NSA is getting everything</title><url>http://blog.rubbingalcoholic.com/post/52913031241/its-not-just-meta-data-the-nsa-is-getting-everything</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>roboneal</author><text>It also enrages me how they dismiss the metadata as a &amp;quot;nothing burger&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Does it occur to anyone how much leverage you can exert with that information alone in such areas as finance, divorce proceedings, opposition research, leak investigations, and good old fashioned blackmail?&lt;p&gt;To add to it, they don&amp;#x27;t even need a court order or oversight to do the metadata searches per Feinstein (today).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pfortuny</author><text>If you read Soljenitsin, you realize the importance of metadata instantly: &amp;quot;why did you call X, where did you meet Y....&amp;quot;</text></comment>