I’d consider them private if they were’t regulated so heavily by government and didn’t collude with the government to keep out competition.
Where in the contract do they list the expectation of privacy ? Jeez, we’ve known since the 30s that the NSA listened in on a regular basis.
Telcos are just a tool of the government - a facist partnership - just like the companies who “own” the “public” airwaves.
Well, I want you to know this post is absolutely private. No one reading over my shoulder at the moment as they’re all asleep..of course there’s the paranoid geeky lookingguy down the street with software that can figure my keystokes....and my computer does run through a fiber optic cable.....and of course it’s easier to “bug’ a cell phone than a land line but you want total secrecy....pigeons still work as do one time codes. One if by land, two if by sea....if you really have something to hide then don’t use electronics without encryption you know to be safe..but then if using encryption devices it makes the government that much more uh, suspect you have a secret. Simple codes always work.