[liberationtech] Why Metadata Matters

[Anthony Papillion]

On 06/06/2013 01:39 PM, Buddhadeb Halder wrote:
> It is really interesting!
> However, I have some basic and silly questions?
> 1. How does metadata work?
> 2. Is there any connection among location data, metadata and big dada?

Buddha:

1. Metadata is the information associated with, say, a call, a tweet, a
post, whatever. It includes location data, IP address, network names,
etc. It's information 'about' the communication but not the contents
'of' the communication.

2. Yes. Government can use metadata to build relationship models, track
peoples whereabouts, confirm locations, and a variety of other things.

HTH,
Anthony


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