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> It does not mean that usage is monitored, and usage is the important privacy aspect. I think one would have to be especially naive to believe that an ID requ
by jen20 7y ago
> It does not mean that usage is monitored, and usage is the important privacy aspect.
I think one would have to be especially naive to believe that an ID requirement is in place without any provision for usage monitoring.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoDo you think someone is monitoring your landline?
- StanislavPetrov 7y agoIt is absolutely beyond dispute that all communications are being monitored at all times by a variety of government and non-governmental agencies. Being forced to link your identity to these communications is yet another step down towards absolute tyranny (and we are already near the bottom step).
- CamperBob2 7y agoIt's not necessarily a step towards tyranny in itself... but when tyranny does come, it will make life very easy for the tyrants.
- deogeo 7y agoThis has been known for a fact for the last 13 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A Edit: Downvotes for a factual answer? Pathetic.
- CamperBob2 7y agoWell, we've been assured by the likes of James Clapper that no one is listening, so...
- vbezhenar 7y agoIt's incredibly easy nowadays. Compressed voice takes very little to archive. Speech recognition allows to index everything. I don't believe that every government does not do this.