So it's not all in your head
"NEW YORK, Sept. 1 — Computer databases already have a lot on us: Credit cards keep track of airline ticket purchases and car rentals. Supermarket discount programs know our eating habits. Libraries track books checked out. Schools record our grades and enrollment. On top of that, government agencies generate amass information on large cash transfers, our taxes and employment, driving history — and visas, if we’re a foreign citizen."What the article doesn't comment about is the NSA's well documented collections of signal intelligence not only from foreign nations but from the United States as well
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