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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]mercymechap
(579 posts)of catching any terrorist groups that may be communicating and plotting against us because we don't want our phone conversations (which mine happen to be utterly boring) being maintained in case our phone number happens to crop up in some terrorist's list of accessed numbers?
Times have changed. We used to be able to board planes without having to be scanned for possible bomb materials in our possession, we are being "photographed" in the street, in stores, on highways, etc., because of the many crimes being committed and the possibility of catching the criminals by accessing such records.
The way i understand the use of this data is not to listen to every conversation, but rather to have it in the case some apprehended terrorist's phone happens to have accessed your number. Seems pretty damn smart to me.