If we cannot prove the necessity of this megadata collecting, then why are we necessarily doing it?
Summer Lee: “If we cannot prove the necessity of this megadata collecting, then why are we necessarily doing it?”
On the recordJuly 16, 2013
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Questioning the justification for collecting megadata without proven necessity.
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