> Whether or not the NSA is looking at this kind of data is of little concern when compared to what the commercial world could use this data for.
And don't most privacy laws protect citizens against spying by the government, but not against spying by the 3rd parties (companies, other citizens). So isn't there an obvious loophole -- the govt just relies on commercial companies to provide it all the captured information. They wouldn't even need special "patriot act" laws for that. Isn't that what ChoicePoint is doing?
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> Whether or not the NSA is looking at this kind of data is of little concern when compared to what the commercial world could use this data for.
And don't most privacy laws protect citizens against spying by the government, but not against spying by the 3rd parties (companies, other citizens). So isn't there an obvious loophole -- the govt just relies on commercial companies to provide it all the captured information. They wouldn't even need special "patriot act" laws for that. Isn't that what ChoicePoint is doing?