No conversations were collected. Zip, “0”, nadda
If you worry about government and even nongovernment surveillance then you are condemned to a life of worry. It does not matter how many laws are passed against it. It is cheap and what can be done technolically will be done, regardless of the laws. Laws against it simply add steps to the use of the collected information in court.
Ahem, it is not YOUR data. It is the carrier’s data. If the carrier wants to “give it up” without a warrant, that is there prerogative. Keep that in mind when you select your provider.
Yup. That's why you aren't hearing a lot of gnashing of teeth from deep state. This is the most troubling information I've found about this guy.
If you'd like to read his concurrence for yourself, press here
We recently dodged a bullet when the supreme court ruled that the government does need a warrant to get a complete record of location data for a subject. This was no thanks to the "conservatives" on the court who always seem to give the benefit of the doubt to the all powerful police state, and never think about the long term consequences of their decisions. I was deeply disappointed in Thomas, who is otherwise my favorite justice on the court today.
Metadata is collected daily by the phone companies. All of us have signed their agreements to terms.
The issue is content collection, not metadata collection.
Actually, I’m not concerned. There is so much data out there that there aren’t enough people to view it, let alone do anything with it. Besides, as P.J. O’Rourke said, even if the government had a camera in every room in your house, at least half of them wouldn’t work.
What does it say about when we are NOT at home and out in PUBLIC?
Anyone using a computer has already clicked on agreements saying that they agree to stipulations that allow entities to collect data on them.....