Life patterns are within the hands of the NSA regardless of whether you’re a person of interest or not according to further revelations about the government’s internal surveillance program.
Secret files – codenamed Marina – show NSA keeps metadata for a year
The National Security Agency is storing the online metadata of millions of internet users for up to a year, regardless of whether or not they are persons of interest to the agency, top secret documents reveal.
Metadata provides a record of almost anything a user does online, from browsing history – such as map searches and websites visited – to account details, email activity, and even some account passwords. This can be used to build a detailed picture of an individual’s life.
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