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Dave Dempsey

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Dave Dempsey

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19. 6. 2013 - 11:39

Today's Webtip: Finding Paul Revere

Using an American revolutionary to illustrate the value of metadata.

Now that we have reached the character assassination phase of the PRISM leaks, it might be handy to take another look at some of the more important aspects of the story. Like the value of metadata.

Kieran Healey has done a pretty good job of that by using a fictional report from a crown analyst to his superiors.