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by JumpCrisscross 3373 days ago
> How big a difference is this to what Google and Facebook are doing currently?

ISPs' and carriers' data would cover every single person with a phone or Internet connection. It would be a universal database of locations, and a virtually-universal database of browsing habits tied not only to an IP, but an address and social security number. Will all of that be disclosed? Unlikely. But with an incentive to warehouse it, more ISPs and carriers will, and that makes for a juicy target.