SUMMARY:
The NSA is now ending its bulk collection of cell phone data which has been going on since the terrorist attacks of 9-11. This data collection captured the amount of calls you made, their duration, and the person you were calling. It did not record the data of the actual call itself though. The collection's purpose was said to be the targeting of suspected terrorist activity. But it is now being ended because of the obvious reasons like privacy laws and standards for all of the non-terrorists out there (AKA almost all Americans). Now because of the USA Freedom Act, if the NSA wants to collect data on any calls a warrant must be given to them.
ANALYSIS:
I am very uncomfortable with the fact that this has been happening since 2001, and it is just now being ended. We have had literally no idea about this, or I haven't anyways. There have always been conspiracy theories out there about the government listening to your calls, but to think that something along those lines was actually happening is appalling. I understand the reason for it but for real, not all people in America that are on the phone are terrorists.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/28/us/nsa-ends-bulk-phone-surveillance/index.html
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