The hilarious part of that is that Big Brother is getting HIS information at the carrier. . . tapping in at the cell tower. . . not at the phone or at the cloud. It is far easier to tap the carrier signal from these dumb flip phones than it is a smart phone which can encrypt the data being sent beyond the capability of even the NSA to decrypt in any reasonable time for the data to be usable. By reasonable time, I mean any time in the next few billion or trillion years.
While what you are saying is true, what isn’t happening is texts, photos, and web posting anymore. Just talk.
This is what is going to drive the legal discussion going forward, because when FedGov decides to snoop on an actual phone call at the tower, and not some webposting, or some sext sent to a boyfriend, the 1st Amendment problems are going to be very clear to SCOTUS if they choose to take the case.
That’s the thing - Hollywood is getting away from everything but talking on the phone - no digital data trail. That is the new orthodoxy among the beautiful people.
Zuckerberg actually started making please to parents to stop barring their kids from using Facebook. The problem is that KIDS are leaving FB in droves for snapchat and instagram.
Privacy is a new gold rush in tech.