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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy metadata isn't harmless....
A tongue in cheek blog posting mentioned on Slashdot showing how using memberships in various clubs (social networks) could have helped the British root out one of their terrorists -- Mr. Paul Revere
Gets technical, but is a brilliant little toy calculation explaining why this data poses a threat if it is placed into the wrong hands:
http://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metadata-to-find-paul-revere/
Slashdot link:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/06/10/1959251/what-can-you-find-out-from-metadata
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Pholus
(4,062 posts)It obviously doesn't work!
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)But the cash still flows.
Pholus
(4,062 posts)Things that we need to be "safe" like those overpriced, hazardous, ineffective backscatter x-ray machines for one.
This is another!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)It has always been in the wrong hands. It should never have existed in the first place. Talking about metadata as is it has somehow been taken out of place or is a protected device owned only by honest and trustworthy organizations is ludicrous to me. It simply should never have existed to begin with and It has always been an intrusive spyware method.
Unfortunately, now it's a Pandora's box.