The problem is that a lot of stuff that can be done with metadata is done by cross-referencing it with other metadata. So looking at the metadata from only one source is highly insufficient.
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Yes, but still, you can know how many devices a user has, the schedule of the user (or at least when that user has the time to go on Discord), what mean of transport that user uses (by calculating the time between 2 connection locations, and when some messages are posted).
Those things may not be totally accurate (because statistics are not), but I think we can still do some nice stuff with this data package alone.
What do you think?
Nice little short from citizenfour on linkability.
Loved that, hadn't seen it before thanks for the share!
Based recommendation. Also, not exactly relevant on how metadata works, but the consequences of metadata landing in wrong hands: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-project-maven-drone-warfare-artificial-intelligence (first 3 paras is enough, especially 3rd para)