Ted Rall for August 05, 2013
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"When the NSA identifies a suspect, it can look not just at his phone records, but also the records of everyone he calls, everyone who calls those people and everyone who calls those people. (Man: Can you all hear me now?) If the average person called 40 unique people three-hop analysis would allow the government to mine the records of 2.5 million Americans when investigating one suspected terrorist." -AP, 7-31-13. The logical culmination of such "gotta connect all the dots" thinking. (Woman: Some dude stole my bike.) (Man: Arrest everyone, search their houses and let go the one's without bikes.
Paranoia aside, the basis is wrong. The person with the stolen bike would say “I think Joe stole my bike,” they would pick up Joe and everyone he knows. .If you’re going to be demented, be rational about it.