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What your metadata really says about you...
Ever since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA, we've heard politicians and agency officials claim that collecting metadata isn't spying. But, two MIT students have created a program to help you understand the digital trail that you leave behind everyday. Daniel Smilkov and Deepak Jagdish's “Immersion” program creates a virtual map of your life using only your email account. If you give the researchers access to the same metadata that the NSA admits to collecting – the time, date, and “To” and “CC” fields of your email – they can give you back detailed charts and graphs about your life.
Using just this data, the program can identify things like your former loves, your changing personal and professional networks, and even deaths and transitions that you've experienced during your life. Agency officials have tried to claim that metadata is simply IP and phone numbers, but this “Immersion” program clearly shows that those claims couldn't be further from the truth.
There's simply no question that collecting metadata and tracking our digital lives is a major violation of our privacy. The fact is that the government doesn't need to listen to our calls, or read the content of our emails, to get a clear picture of our daily lives. The National Security Agency needs to recognize that our phone and internet metadata is private, and if they want to collect it, it's time that they get a warrant.
-Thom
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Geeky Science: Global warming releases unknown diseases?
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Hour Three: What Congress Can Do to Help Fight Poverty- Zoe Carpenter, The Nation
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Is Chris Christie's car out of control?- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)
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Plus, Geeky Science - Global warming releases unknown diseases?
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Will the bridgegate scandal hurt Gov. Christie's chances in 2016?
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Full Show 1/8/14: The California Legislature vs. The NSA
Guest host Sam Sacks is in for Thom Hartmann tonight and discusses how California's attempting to rein in the NSA with State Senator Ted Lieu (D-CA). Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" talks Chris Christie's email troubles, how the government's anti-tobacco policies have worked and Colorado's marijuana sales. Tonight's "Daily Take" discusses the 50th anniversary of LBJ's war on poverty and why the U.S. should follow France's lead when it comes to tax policy.
Thom Hartmann on the News: January 8, 2014
The Thom Hartmann Program - January 8, 2014 Hour 1
The Thom Hartmann Program - January 8, 2014 Hour 2
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