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by gruez 2074 days ago
No, but wiretaps typically have scalability problems that prevent their widespread use. There's a high marginal cost (labor + equipment) with physical wiretaps, but with digital wiretaps the marginal cost is effectively zero.
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A wiretap by compromising a specific device using an exploit after obtaining a court order is also likely fairly high-effort.