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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought private spied for government? Or government did it anyway

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It was just expanding what the federal government is allowed to do without a warrant, but you're right in that they were probably already doing it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So how are they doing it if the mic is supposedly turned off to google and on to spying?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They're not, but they are capturing all of your web traffic.