The government spying thread

[GORDON]

Peeps not liking how the government is going in 2004: "Racists!"

Peeps not liking how the government is going in 2018: "Insurrectionists!"

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Peeps not liking how government is going in 2021 (checks president): "Insurrectionists again!"

Peeps not liking how government is going in 2025: Demonstratable arsonists caught on camera.

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But i searched this thread because I was thinking of telephone lines. Does anyone think google, apple, and the federal government aren't monitoring each and every call and text, looking for key words?

I feel like POTS might be fun again.

1: does a dumb copper phone line still exist?
2. is there any way to plug in a digital assistant to screen spam calls? I realize this is literally counterproductive to my point, allowing another spy program to handle your calls.

But I was just curious. I cancelled the land line a decade ago when 100% of the calls over a month were marketers, and "vote for me's." I wonder if there's less spying/monitoring on it.... or if it's actually easier. It's all just a locked room somewhere crunching all the data. "Carnivore" didn't just go away when knowledge of it got leaked.

[Leisher]

POTS still exist, but they're going the way of the dodo.

They're also getting crazy expensive.