Corporate broad spectrum wire tapping has been greenlit legally for a long time. An employer can listen to private and public communications that occur on and o

Corporate broad spectrum wire tapping has been greenlit legally for a long time. An employer can listen to private and public communications that occur on and off of company owned resources. This includes: - emails - text messages - microphone arrays - shared networks - keyboard input - file storage - contact and communication history It's a logical next-step from there to expand these services under the guise of subscriptions. That's why you owning a device is problematic for them. That said, owning the platform is the next best thing because they can now do many but not all of those things in the name of protecting their platform from "abuse". Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27673175?seq=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27673175?seq=1 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123024596 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123024...