Astonishing Graphic Shows What You Can Learn From 6 Months Of Someone's Phone Metadata

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http://www.businessinsider.com/what-you-can-learn-from-phone-metadata-2013-7

A German politician named Malte Spitz filed a suit against T-Mobile for the release of all the metadata from his phone that had been gathered and stored.

He received 35,830 records — six months worth — and then gave it to ZEIT Online.

From ZEIT (emphasis ours):

"We combined this geolocation data with information relating to his life as a politician, such as Twitter feeds, blog entries and websites, all of which is all freely available on the internet.

***SNIP

The ZEIT graphic clearly shows public movements and corresponding communications (i.e. who Spitz is talking to). Here's the politician traveling from Frankfurt to Cologne:



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-you-can-learn-from-phone-metadata-2013-7#ixzz2gexszwfY

[Octafish]

1. ''By pushing the play button, you will set off on a trip through Malte Spitz's life.''

Tell-All-Phone.

Incredible. What Frank Church said.

[marmar]

2. K&R

[AzDar]

3. K & R