Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’

[Lennie]

Interesting disclosure about our government secretly watching us.

Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans' records 'routine'

Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year.

apnews.com

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[shooter777]

Comrade, it seems you've had too much to think.

 

[WalkingTall]

I tend think that information is the most valuable asset an individual has to protect themselves and in turn benefit in any given situation. Unfortunately we tend to willingly give it out in heaps without thinking who's after it and for what possible reasons.

 

[The Heretic]

The NSA has been recording/storing ALL digital electronic data for decades (internet, phone, etc.) but they through most of it away. They do collect and store the metadata to build profiles (who contacted who on what date, and so on) to put together a network of acquaintances/etc.

If there is a person of interest, especially if there is communication with someone overseas, or a foreign national, or someone else who is a person of interest, then more data is collected. If there is an investigation, then the content of the communication is often stored and analyzed.

That means that my FB messages to my daughter to get storage bins at Costco will be deleted/filtered out, but the gov certainly knows that I communicate a lot with her, and maybe stores the metadata about when/where I communicate with her. Certainly probably knows I spend a lot of time on NWFA.