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• in Technology
  Crowdsourcing Approach Leads to Arrest of Bombing Suspect
  On April 19, officials arrested 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
  by mdumon / on Apr 20, 2013
• in Technology
  Near-Set Getting Even Closer With On-Set Logging for Docs and Reality TV
  Lumberjack Logging App To be Unveiled at the Hollywood Post Alliance for the First Time
  by cirina / on Feb 17, 2013

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “metadata”

 

• NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants

  
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  (CNET) The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone ...
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• Metadata Mining and The War Against Domestic Terror

  
  Pakistan Tribune — Authority: 123
  The National Security Agency (NSA) brought the topics of “Metadata” and “Metadata Mining” to center-stage this past month when whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA operates a program collecting and organizing enormous bundles of metadata created by U.S. citizens. A national debate, questioning ...
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• U.S. Spy agencies Swapping Classified Data With Thousands of Firms

  
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  So are we saying that the Obama campaign could have had data on United States citizens for the sole purpose of winning the election? Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving ...
  4 days ago

• Metadata, dragnet approaches and the law.

  
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  Traditionally, Metadata is descriptive data that is added to data, in order to categorise and identify it. So a database of crime records might be tagged as "shooting" to start with, then extra descriptive data is added to indicate the type of firearms being used.  Twitter uses metadata where you have the original ...
  4 days ago

• WSJ: T-Mobile, VZW dont directly share call data to NSA, but that might not matter

  
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  Providing another wrinkle to the recently exploding privacy debate, a Wall Street Journal report indicates which wireless companies are providing call information to the government. According to the infamous people familiar with the matter, foreign ownership of Verizon and T-Mobile presents several obstacles ...
  5 days ago

• What Can We Learn From Spying On Our Own Metadata?

  
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  Here is a new article from %sourceexcerpt% More here: What Can We Learn From Spying On Our Own Metadata?
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• Biden Flashback: We should Not collect data on Citizens Phone Calls

  
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  Senator Biden in 2006: We should not collect data on Citizens Phone Calls -  Could we have one reporter covering the Vice-President to remind Biden of flip-flop on monitoring and storing metadata on Citizens phone calls? In the wake of revelations that the Obama administration is tracking virtually every single ...
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• Metadata misrepresented?

  
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  One of the few funny things to come out of the PRISM scandal is the extent to which the term ‘metadata’ has suddenly become mainstream. For me it has been a case of being too close to something to even realise it was geeky. From my days contemplating a career in librarianship, to my early web career at ESRC ...
  5 days ago

• WPIX11 consults Tim Bukher on NSA collection of Verizon metadata

  
  LawTechie.com — Authority: 102
  Tim Bukher, an Internet lawyer who deals with cases involving metadata, says, ”As is the case with any advance in technology, and this has always been the case, legislation lags far behind.” … Fast forward to 2013 and turns out the NSA is harvesting the metadata from those dialed phone calls. Sure they may not ...
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• Metadata” Can Tell the Government More About You Than the Content of Your Phonecalls

  
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  The government has sought to “reassure” us that it is only tracking “metadata” such as the time and place of the calls, and not the actual content of the calls. But technology experts say that “metadata” can be more revealing than the content of your actual phone calls.
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• “You have the right to remain silent.”

  
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  So, maybe there aren’t obvious links in what follows.  Just like “metadata”, however, when you start putting together small pieces of information, a large picture emerges. From Investor’s Business Daily : While Your Phone Calls Are Tracked & Stored – Obama’s Snooping Excludes Mosques Homeland ...
  5 days ago

• Do past abuses of personal data point toward future abuses of NSA metadata collection?

  
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  Stephen Walt spotlights why we worry about metadata collection: The real risk to our democracy is what this situation does to potential dissenters, whistle-blowers, investigative journalists, and anyone else who thinks that some aspect of government policy might be boneheaded, unethical, or maybe even illegal. If ...
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• “Metadata” Can Tell the Government More About You Than the Content of Your Phonecalls

  
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  For the low information voters that bought the metadata lies. Forget the BS being spewed by big government lackey. People like that Finestein freak. Maybe it would work with nontechnical people … But not for me. Zero Hedge has a write up that shows you how metadata can be used to spy on your phone calls. The ...
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• Sniffing out Paul Revere with basic social network analysis

  
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  Its just metadata. What can you do with that? Kieran Healy, a sociology professor at Duke University, shows what you can do, with just some basic social network analysis . Using metadata from Paul Reveres Ride on the groups that people belonged to, Healy sniffs out Paul Revere as a main target. Bonus points for ...
  5 days ago

• UN condemns Syria children killings

  
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  Thousands of children have been killed in unrest in Syria since March 2011, according to a new UN report on children and armed conflict. More here: UN condemns Syria children killings The post UN condemns Syria children killings appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit to click™ .
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• Facebook adds support for hashtags

  
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  Facebook is adding support for clickable hashtags to help users keep track of popular topics on the network, a move experts say may boost ad sales. View original post here: Facebook adds support for hashtags The post Facebook adds support for hashtags appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit ...
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• Schools ‘failing brightest pupils’

  
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  Thousands of bright children are being let down by England’s non-selective secondary schools, inspectors warn. More: Schools ‘failing brightest pupils’ The post Schools ‘failing brightest pupils’ appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit to click™ .
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• What Is Metadata?

  
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  Wondering exactly what the “metadata” that we learned the NSA is scooping up from all of our digital communications really is? The Guardian, which is responsible for the past week’s worth of blockbuster stories that threaten to drive digital privacy rights to the center of public debate, gives you the chance to ...
  6 days ago

• Unpacking the NSA Scandal: What is Metadata?

  
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  First of all, let me say that this is not intended as commentary or opinion on the current scandal. My goal in posting this is to simply educate you as to how to interpret the discussion so that you can come to your own informed opinion. As I’ve been reading the ample coverage about the [...]
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• Call your local NAMBLA chapter today

  
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  Like many Americans I struggle with the recent revelation that the NSA is collecting "metadata" on every Americans phone calls and website hits. On the one hand, we live in a world in which freelance lunatics are conspiring as we speak to carry out the next Boston Marathon bombing or Newtown school massacre. If theres ...
  6 days ago

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