This sounds like CALEA, to me. Inasmuch, it doesn't surprise me, even if it doesn't entirely please me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistanc

This sounds like CALEA, to me. Inasmuch, it doesn't surprise me, even if it doesn't entirely please me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_... The questions I have are whether they are indeed doing it wholesale, e.g. widespread "phrase monitoring" and whether they are archiving (particularly, wholesale) the content [1] without a target/content specific search warrant in place. P.S. Also, whether they are doing it to political and/or economic ends. -- [1] We already know about the disposition of the so-called "metadata".