Posted on 04/07/2014 9:15:07 AM PDT by xzins
“Metadata” is sometimes described as “the data about the data”.
For a photograph or digital image, the “metadata” might include:
where you were (gps), the date, the time, the type of camera, etc.
For things like a cell phone call, the “metadata” might include:
your phone number, the number you called, how long the call lasted,
the cell towers that you used or passed by (where you were),
the cell towers that who you called used or passed by (where they were).
Obama is in charge of the NSA. One EO and he could stop the data collection. Yet he acts as though there is nothing he can do.
I can’t disagree with your assertions one bit. Roberts is a traitor. After the revolution, he deserves the fate of a traitor.
Google has sophisticated parsers and semantic interpreters to attempt to match a person's interests with relevant ads. The NSA does the same to try to interpret sentiment, intent, then predict unwanted behavior. They call it Total Information Awareness. It's been going on since the dawn of networks - now a lot more people are aware of the existence, but are still ignorant of the extent.
The Supremist Court is now releasing their inner Obama and voting “PRESENT” on this and other court cases.
Perhaps the “metadata” they want scrubbed off is information normally contained within MS office documents.
For a Word file (per document inspector) this includes:
Comments, Revisions, Version, and Annotations
Properties and Personal information
Task Pane apps
Collapsed Headings
Custom XML data
Headers, Footers, and watermarks
Invisible content (e.g. white text on white background)
Obviously, if you are sending more information than you think you are, there is risk for you and the company.
I have heard of such information being introduced as evidence in legal disputes. Once distributed it is fair game.
We have iScrub to scrub that stuff out. Looking at your list, the big issue would be if someone could see the progression of drafts and comments. That kind of stuff would definitely be useful in a legal dispute.
SCOTUS abdication secondary to NSA loveINT.
Ben,
Can i post this on my FB page? I love it!
It’s very simple really. They didn’t have standing.
The “conservatives” on the court are 70’s era “law & order” authoritarians. There are no liberty loving Constitutionalists.
We’re doomed.
The judicial and the legislative arm of our government not longer have use. The executive branch (and NSA) has all the power.
The only benefit of having 500+ members of congress: keeping real estate values up for high end residential property.
We’ve not been able to count on the SC for a long time. It’s we, the people, who are the final arbiters of what is or isn’t Constitutional.
We got here by the passive acquiescence of American voters. They gave us two Roosevelts with a Wilson in between. Had FDR not died, they would have given him another term. Up until his Court Packing threat, we had a decent SCOTUS. Since then it's simply been a finger-in-the-wind institution.
The Looking Spoon owns it I think.
We got here by the passive acquiescence of American voters.
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I think we are routinely defrauded at the polls. The judiciary has been embezzling power since Marbury v. Madison. We deserve better, but we have exhausted most peaceable means to get better.
The conservatives on the court are 70s era law & order authoritarians. There are no liberty loving Constitutionalists.
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The enormities they have signed off on in criminal law are appalling. Procedure over substance.
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