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Originally Posted by nicfit
yeah, because phone numbers are supersecret, eh.
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its not the number itself, its associating it with an email, and from there associating it with a network of people connected with that email. And a browser IP. So if you get busted for weed, they can look at everyone who is in your network and roll it up. They can say you are planning terror because you looked at a bomb making site and then arrest you when you send someone an email they read under the Patriot Act that you are real mad and going to get even with someone. They have always been able to do this manually, but now they want to have the software doing this in the background. Or most obviously, ifyou are planning protests agiainst say frakking or Wall Street corruption they can shut you down in advance.