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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by count on Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:49PM (#9506430)
Metadata collection is only bad when it's the Government doing it!

FWIW: I've not received anything but EFF-related spam from EFF to the email address I used to donate to them back in the day.

Not sure about ACLU.

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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by nickbauman on Thursday May 07, 2015 @03:15PM (#9507539)
Governments can use force on those they track. Corporations can't yet (they're working on that).
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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by rayiner on Thursday May 07, 2015 @06:15PM (#9508724)
At the same time, the government has little reason to hassle people who aren't fringe minorities. Private companies have strong incentives to use data collection against the masses.
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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by CWuestefeld on Thursday May 07, 2015 @06:38PM (#9508846)
I don't buy either side of that statement. Government does hassle the masses, and I'm not sure what incentives private companies have to use data collection on the masses. My argument for the latter is probably a little weak, but certainly in the former, history is clear.
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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by spacemanmatt on Saturday May 09, 2015 @06:45AM (#9516031)
> I'm not sure what incentives private companies have to use data collection on the masses.

Have you met FaceBook?

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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by lawnchair_larry on Thursday May 07, 2015 @08:32PM (#9509350)
Which government, and during what time period?
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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by teacup50 on Thursday May 07, 2015 @02:44PM (#9507314)
Of course, collecting metadata -- especially via centralized services like Google Analytics -- means you're creating a very tempting trove of information for both the government and private entities that may make use of it to your users' disadvantage.
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