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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 21:30:08 UTC Electronic Frontier Foundation

Companies like to make metadata sound innocuous, but it matters more than you might think. Here’s why. https://ssd.eff.org/module/why-metadata-matters
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1. Why Communication Metadata Matters
  
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  As its name suggests, metadata is data about data. Metadata is used in a variety of contexts, often for cataloging information, like tagging keywords in a video so it’s easy to find later. When it comes to computers, people often first think of "file metadata," which includes details about when...
- Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 21:31:32 UTC Robert Link
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  - Electronic Frontier Foundation
  @eff I know my peeps at the #EFF have seen this, but for folks who haven't:
  https://people.well.com/user/doctorow/metacrap.htm
  
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