I posted about the news thing I had seen years ago. It was this Room 641A
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
So anyway, I gave up the idea that I or anybody else would ever have any real privacy if one used anything like a phone, computer, anything at all actually.
They have things on light poles that listen for bullets nowadays, surveillance cameras on main street, and now spy drones and you can even buy your own to spy on your neighbors.
Maybe I should get me one of them anonymous semi automatic assault rifles to shoot them down with.
Carl