[bigtoona]

Great point, why do they need all these massive datacenters to store phone metadata only?? This data could be stored in a small office building.

You only need this much space if you want to store massive data like audio and video etc.

[Black Agnes]

Yup. Not without precedent either:

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x212015747/Wal-Marts-data-center-remains-mystery

All you ‘I buy my ammo at walmart for cash’ people need to think again about there being any anonymity in that act.

[DoughtyOne]

Exactly. We’re being lied to big-time.

I’ll be they turn on and capture what people are doing with their own laptop camera too.