I hate to repeat a post, but the latest NSA revelations are more profound than I can describe

[Demo_Chris]

61. Great post. Hopefully more people will read it...

And I agree. They are scooping up everything and building profiles. After all, there are only 6 billion people on the planet. Only a few hundred million Americans. That's not even a challenge.

I hope people take the time to think about what this makes possible. Even now the profile on any individual probably reveals more about that individual than they realize themselves. It all comes down to how that information is sifted, and given enough computational power and information, the imagination is the limit. You might, for example, believe you prefer women in their mid thirties with brown hair, but the NSA knows better. Much better. They aren't just looking over your shoulder, they are looking over your shoulder, taking notes about things you are incapable of noticing yourself (how many microseconds did you look at this image versus that one), and using that information to build a profile. Not just a profile on you, but on every person you have ever known. They know where and when you went to school, and they "remember" better than you do the names of your classmates and teachers and how they turned out.

And if they don't have that information yet, they will.