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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by richfed[/i] [br]My contribution to the NSA & PRISM --- with the hope of saving you time, manpower, and ultimately, taxpayer dollars -- My Metadata: Constitution, Roman Catholic, Tea Party, Patriot, Traditional Marriage, Liberty, Pro-Life, 2nd Amendment, Conservative, Freedom, Limited Government Hope that helps! ===================================== Just a more pedestrian view of this. Consider all the data they have collected as the mail in the USPS mail stream. Consider the meta data the front of the envelope. If one Postal Employee were to monitor JUST the metadata for any one person over a period of time - that is, just the info apparent from sorting, boxing or even taking the mail from a customer at the window. Having worked for the USPS for many years, I can tell you that you could learn a tremendous amount of personal information about that person: where they work, IF they work, are they in debt, are they married, getting a divorce, in bankruptcy, what religion, hobbies, when is their birthday, who is getting married, who died, sports team they root for, how many kids, medical information, do they support gay rights, gun control, the TEA Party, or any other number of social/political interests, where they live, are they well-to-do, do they vote, what political party do they support, what Church do they attend, when are they on vacation ... and on & on & on! This is JUST from the supposedly innocuous metadata, NOT the actual contents. THAT takes a more extensive review. Now, this occurs while one is just doing their job. One can't help it. You can't stop the brain interpreting what the eyes see. Most of that info is immediately gone from memory. But, WHAT IF? What if a dubious employee decided he/she wanted to rob someone's home and violate their lives. Do you think this info - this metadata - could help them decide who might be a good target ... and when? Draw your own conclusions about the NSA & PRISM who specialize in collection of data, not the transportation of communications. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.