I disagree, privacy was the norm. Never did government have as much access to communication. Even ICQ, AIM were private because government usually didn't have i

I disagree, privacy was the norm. Never did government have as much access to communication. Even ICQ, AIM were private because government usually didn't have interest in spying here because the demographics were mostly not of interest. Today we have a protocol about a lot of things, text, locations, group memberships. Surveillance is vastly greater than anytime before with a few magnitudes.