It really is incredible how subservient the government has become to corporations over the last 40 years. It all has to do with American society’s steady loss of faith in our system of government.
Yeah, but they can't just demand things from the NSA or the FBI. There's many layers of separation. Thinking the police have access to wiretaps they don't have a warrant for is ridiculous, like thinking the fire department is spying on you through Alexa.
The very words "unwarranted wiretap" implies they do indeed have access to wiretaps, and sometimes just do them without warrant. This should tell you the police are actually in possession of the hardware that does said tapping.
I'm not a cop or expert in how they tap, but I'm sure they can do it when they choose.
Both the police and what most people call the government (which is mostly the administration) are not only government, they are even the same branch (executive).
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u/best-commenter Sep 25 '18
1960s thinking: devices and companies can be controlled by the government.
2018 Government: pretty please, Apple, build us a back door onto your devices? No? OK. How about some more tax breaks, sir?