(02-26-2021, 06:10 PM)leilanidude Wrote: How many people are required to listen to those calls or read the text messages?
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Very few. We have this thing called AI - artificial intelligence.
Yes, that's why a chess enthusiast was banned by Youtube because he posted words such as black, white, attack and defend. Obviously, AI is doing a great job without human intervention.
(02-26-2021, 06:06 PM)kalakoa Wrote: Missing the point. Content isn't necessary 99.9% of the time. Metadata can be used to build a database of connections ("degrees of separation") that can be queried at any time; endpoints can be anything with a phone number, not just a cell. Location information is just icing on the cake.
TL;DR: stalking isn't active, it's passive, and retroactive.
How am I missing the point? Why would the government look at most people's email, tweets, FB posts and all the other social media sites? How do they benefit from that? I receive and send lots of email every day and I couldn't give a toss if the government is reading them but mostly because I'm fairly certain they aren't being read by anyone other than the recipients.
I'll now say "domestic terrorist insurgent" here and if punaweb is shut down, well, my apologies to Rob, I'll make it up to him. The paranoia here is very disturbing.