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They don't need a bunch of eyes to read it all.
The software makes connections from the data and any irrelevant data is discarded.
I used to work on software that the government (among others) uses as one of the "cogs" in the big system that works on this kind of data (I worked on a metadata repository that is used to help with the "semantic web" among other things).
One of the guys I worked with, the head architect, had worked on some of the software that makes the "connections" between people/entities based on their actions such as finances, phone calls, where they live, etc., so that, among other things, it shows analysts their social network.
If you are within a certain number of "hops" (usually 3 or less) from someone of interest (such as a criminal or terrorist or their associates) then you get included in their network and you will probably become a person of interest too.
The problem I have with the whole mess is the wholesale collection of the data and the lack of checks and balances. For the most part, the gov. doesn't care about 99% of us - yet. But if someone got into a position of power that had a bent towards persecuting a category of people, or certain persons, then they could direct the intel agencies to collect all kinds of info about them and the mechanisms are already in place.
I suspect the whole thing about the IRS targeting certain political groups was such an effort and just the tip of the iceberg.
In short, it is pretty simple - it is a MASSIVE intrusion of personal privacy and ripe for abuse. It also puts a LOT of power in the hands of government and has a very chilling effect on dissent - dissent being a very important part of our political process.
Thank You for your Wisdom.Perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, victims: we can be clear about three of these categories. The bystander, however, is the fulcrum. If there are enough notable exceptions, then protest reaches a critical mass. We don't usually think of history as being shaped by silence, but, as English philosopher Edmund Burke said, 'The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing.' (this is a commonly known quote and does not need to be cited)
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean it isn't happening.Only the paranoid are suspicious...
I have to assume "Drone Control" means it will be legal for them to spy on me and invade my alleged privacy, but they will be free to do whatever they please - as usual.Yeah and the President got a taste of the watchful eye of a drone,haha
He's going to start legislation to control these things (insert a mile of laughs)
Yeah cause just like guns,criminals will always follow the law and not spy on folks
Most of our non-privacy is in the private sector, so to speak: our credit card purchases, our cell phone locations, health records.
The part I WAY do not like is the illegal unconstitutional copying of emails and harvesting of cell phone data and conversations. If there is any saving grace to this, it is the enormous quantity of the data that must be processed and stored.
I suppose that's why No Such Agency built that huge facility out in Utah. It's not because they needed to impress the locals with big buildings.