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by rconti 310 days ago
Sure, but in this case the /. comment was from 2004.
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And phone tracking and recording was in place since phones went mobile. Sure, nothing smart there but BTS were there, and NSA was listening on all levels.

CIA/NSA perfected the art of tapping optical undersea cables using special submarines without interrupting data flows in 90s IIRC.