Metadata

Metadata also known as Traffic Data is the adressing / header information of Telecommunication (from whom to whom, identifiers such as phone numbers, e-mail adresses etc., as well as exact time etc - in case of mobile phones, location data might be included..).

Slides

<gallery> <file:synapse-metadata-socialgraph-page13.png SYNAPSE Data Model> </galler>

Articles

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130928	nytimes.com	N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens	US / NSA / Metadata
20130928	rt.com	NSA uses metadata 'to create sophisticated graphs' of US citizens’ social connections	Metadata / NSA
20130918	heise.de	US-Geheimgericht: Verbindungsdaten sind nicht Teil der Privatsphäre	FISA / Metadata / US
20130804	spiegel.de	US-Bürgerrechtlerin über Überwachung: "Das Sammeln von Metadaten an sich ist schon Missbrauch"	Metadata
20130802	cnet.com	FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software - CNET has learned the FBI has developed custom "port reader" software to intercept Internet metadata in real time. And, in some cases, it wants to force Internet providers to use the software.	US / FBI / Metadata / CALEA
20130802	spiegel.de	Telefonüberwachung: Handy-Daten verraten illegale CIA-Operation	Metadata
20130709	spiegel.de	Überwachung: Wer hat uns verraten? Metadaten!	Metadata
20130707	guardian.co.uk	The NSA/GCHQ metadata reassurances are breathtakingly cynical - The public is being told that the NSA and GCHQ have 'only' been collecting metadata, not content. That's nothing to be thankful for	Metadata / NSA / GCHQ
20130627	theguardian.com	How the NSA is still harvesting your online data Files show vast scale of current NSA metadata programs, with one stream alone celebrating 'one trillion records processed'	NSA / Metadata / XKEYSCORE