This is very interesting. I'm aware of the fact that this site is under construction. And speculation that it could store EVERYTHING is certainly well placed. The COULD YOU part of the equation is indeed at least under construction.
But don't forget: The world is a big place. Collecting and storing the rest of worlds phone calls, e-mails, twitter postings, Facebook posts and the rest is a daunting task even if you assume that the law would be honored and U.S. citizens would be exempt for the most part from that collection.
I'm not disagreeing with those who have legitimate privacy concerns. I have them too. To the extent that we can these guys definitely need watching. A little info on just what this Utah facility will and will not be doing is appropriate. As long as we don't let the Muslim Brotherhood and the rest learn too much.
In the meantime I'm waiting to buy one of those Yottabyte hard drives so I can store all the FR posts.;)
I was thinking of just the USA.
However, the world would be within the sights of those who crave power.
Another article says world data is growing exponentially and will reach roughly 3/4 a zettabyte annually. However, since a single yottabyte is 1000 years of zettabytes, and since the facility is to have “yottabytes plural” in capacity, one really has to recognize the capacity to store everything, but only search for those things that are of interest.
Why have that much capacity without some desire to use it and to search it?