Interesting article from Business Insider showing how one can use cell phone metadata -- in this case, of a German politician -- to track a person. Combine this with internet metadata and it's easy to see how you really can follow a person in near real time. Further, if you identify a person you really want to know more about, you can go back to stored data and assemble in painstaking detail their travel, habits, conversation partners, etc.
It's very powerful, and the interactive part of this piece is just a taste. Imagine how much better the NSA really is at this.
Now imagine that instead of using it to track jihadis, it's being used to track you. Or the people you favor.
Now we can see the problem, and why it matters to have rules, and politicians who play by the rules.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Indeed... |
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