Surprise! It’s Super Easy to Identify People From Metadata

Surprise! It's Super Easy to Identify People From Metadata

When the NSA’s phone tracking was revealed, the agency was quick to point out that it’s not listening to phone conversations. But the agency is tracking who you call, when, and for how long — your metadata. Claims that metadata is anonymous have never been fully comforting, especially now: Stanford researchers say connecting an individual’s name to phone metadata isn’t just easy, it’s "trivial."

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