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In reply to the discussion: Facebook in sweet decline. By Mark Morford [View all]daaron
(763 posts)'They', meaning a mountain of servers, is indeed reading every single email one sends through google, yahoo, or hotmail. They've already admitted to it. Similarly, FB answers tens of thousands of data requests from LEOs monthly. Twitter is better about holding out on the suspicious requests, but only by degrees. There's no question we're all being tracked, though our individual identities are largely lost in the big data. That's just a plain fact.
The question is does one need to fear it to do something about it? Obviously not, since I'm not worried about being tracked, though I'm aware of it. As for every call being recorded - don't be silly - just the larger service providers have a deal with Feds for monitoring purposes (all of which info has been public domain for years).
ROFLing all you want. Plain fact is you are being tracked, all the time. Either be uninterested in the technology and remain forever in the dark about the often groovy tech that's out there, or don't. It's no skin off my teeth. But neither will I be told I'm paranoid by a know-nothing noob, when I know exactly what I'm talking about.