a) Yes. Plus most all digital mediated activity (phone calls, texts, location, purchasing history, yadda yadda).
b) Astronomy has (had?) the same conundrum: gathering acres of data, most of which will never be examined. (Don't call attention to yourself and hopefully law enforcement will ignore you.) Alas, now we're creating tools for chewing thru big data(s), to spot patterns and anomalies. For better or worse.
b) Astronomy has (had?) the same conundrum: gathering acres of data, most of which will never be examined. (Don't call attention to yourself and hopefully law enforcement will ignore you.) Alas, now we're creating tools for chewing thru big data(s), to spot patterns and anomalies. For better or worse.