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Example of phone metadata use
2013-07-04
Interesting article from Business Insider showing how one can use cell phone metadata -- in this case, of a German politician -- to track a person. Combine this with internet metadata and it's easy to see how you really can follow a person in near real time. Further, if you identify a person you really want to know more about, you can go back to stored data and assemble in painstaking detail their travel, habits, conversation partners, etc.

It's very powerful, and the interactive part of this piece is just a taste. Imagine how much better the NSA really is at this.

Now imagine that instead of using it to track jihadis, it's being used to track you. Or the people you favor.

Now we can see the problem, and why it matters to have rules, and politicians who play by the rules.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Indeed...
Posted by:Steve White

#4  And Lex wonders how we've become so bitter and hostile to government.
Posted by: Charles   2013-07-04 15:15  

#3  Social Network Analysis permits the identification and monitoring of [Democrat|Republican party] leaders, [party] memberships, and [contributors].

How does that make you feel?
Posted by: Ulong Gloluck8881   2013-07-04 10:25  

#2  Ref the above comment, check out this somewhat dated link, story, and graphic [Palantir Investigation].

If this Palantir investigation were an actual. live application, one could klik on each of the "entitites" [small faces] and a complete ontology would appear. I used Palantir because it came with this story. There are many other analytic tools which provide similar capabilities.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-04 05:06  

#1  Udall has a point. It's hard to see the national security relevance of knowing who and what Spitz communicated as he travels/traveled through Berlin.

Unrelated to Spitz, but Social Network Analysis permits the identification and monitoring of terrorist cell leaders, cell memberships, and facilitators. For example; if you are in constant contact with a known real estate agent [property sales facilitator], it could be assessed that you may be planning to buy or sell a home or property. If your network of recent contacts includes a known bomb maker, which just happens to coincide with your recent large bank withdrawal, and a string of deadly bomb attacks......well, you can take it from there.





Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-04 04:50  

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