Today’s news brings the startling revelation that the NSA has been harvesting millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, and that many of them belong to Americans. The uproar over this disclosure, made…
Category: Metadata
Metadata: Friend or Foe?
The word “metadata” has been permeating the airwaves, blogosphere and print media lately in light of recent revelations about the federal government’s monitoring of certain information related to communications by US citizens. Many observers, including Oregon Senator Wyden, strenuously object…