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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]brett_jv
(1,245 posts)Personally, I'm going to wait to freak out about this meta-data collection until such time as I find that actual rights of individuals are being violated ... like, people been swept up and arrested.
And I hate to bring it up yet again, but there is a very real and valid question as to whether gathering all our telephone call meta-data (without any attachment to 'who' is making the calls) actually constitutes 'spying on all of us'.
Obviously, 'telephone meta-data without personally identifying info' is not mentioned specifically in the Constitution, so there is a legit question as to whether collecting this data is actually 'spying' and whether it's really 'unconstitutional' per the 4th.
AFAIK there's been no legislation passed, and no court cases that decided the matter. There's a possibly valid case to be made that this data does not 'belong to us', but rather, it belongs to the carrier, therefore, our 'rights' are not being violated.