This sounds like a Stingray, not bulk metadata (which NSA was collecting in Belgium anyway).https://twitter.com/FredericJacobs/status/767507227355656193 …
I'm all in favor of calling Stingrays bulk, especially this application of it.
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I'm all in favor of calling Stingrays bulk, especially this application of it.