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Re:Danish military intelligence uses XKEYSCORE to tap cables... by frobozz on Sunday November 01, 2020 @05:32PM (#24963129)
An analogy I like is that they know you called a suicide hotline from a tall bridge in the middle of the night, but they don't know what you discussed.
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Re:Danish military intelligence uses XKEYSCORE to tap cables... by futureproofd on Sunday November 01, 2020 @09:18PM (#24964311)
I believe I read the same example in 2600 quarterly some years back, in which the metadata was described and scrutinized in greater detail. It was impactful enough at that time for me to recall even today.
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