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“By 1984 there was already the ability to spy on everything. The Internet just made it real easy to do it.”

True.
The internet was the installation of the final piece needed to spy on anyone at anytime and have real time intelligence.

Side note...
When I was driving long haul I picked up a partial load of used analog telephone equipment. All of it was delivered to the McLean office of Bell Atlantic.
It seems certain government agencies weren’t on board with going digital and had no plans to in the future. I do know that one floor of the McLean office was dedicated to intelligence and law enforcement arms of the alphabet variety.

69 posted on 03/02/2021 9:54:00 AM PST by oldvirginian (The glass is half empty because the damned thing is cracked and leaking. The 2020 election is proof.)

To: oldvirginian

McLean is the DC area intelligence center. Most of the intel contractors and agencies work out of there. My offices are there too.

70 posted on 03/02/2021 9:55:36 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)

To: oldvirginian

The internet was the installation of the final piece needed to spy on anyone at anytime and have real time intelligence.

Maybe not the final piece. How about a tracking device that the people carry voluntarily?

82 posted on 03/02/2021 11:00:36 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )

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