Call it whatever term makes you feel important.
The government should just serve and protect as was originally in their charter. Protecting us by having a set of collectively beneficial laws that protect us from outside detrimental forces as we collectively see fit - to fund the miltary, police force, firefighters, public prosecutors, prisons, etc.
They protect us from thieves, arsonists, murderers, and now a bunch of huckster losers who insist on invading our privacy against the collective wishes of those who expressly don't want it invaded.
Well I personally hit back at these abject revolting jerks in their time and energy element and I think it's working great. My only regret is not seeing their puke faces when they realize they have been talking to an empty phone for the last few minutes.
Your gave up privacy when you connected to the phone network, just as you give up noise free living when you moved next to me, just as my headlights violate your privacy after dark. All those things invade your privacy and there's nothing you can do about it. If you are especially annoyed by signals coming over a wire, use common sense and cut the wire.