The primary objective in data retention is traffic analysis and mass surveillance.

It's official. See page 17 of http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/files/0/188_201106-ISS-ELAMAN3.pdf "The primary objective in data retention is traffic analysis and mass surveillance. By analyzing the retained data governments can identify an individual's location, their associates and members of a group, such as political opponents." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's remarkably candid. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE