On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 18:18:55 +0000 Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > Because only in the last decade or so has it been possible for a > government or company to read and listen to every single word of > correspondence of every single person in their country, without any > judicial oversight or probable cause. If it had been possible earlier > than that, it would have been done.
Not that they haven't tried. I think it was Charles I of England who gave the Royal Mail a monopoly on mail service, so he could read his nobles' mail. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
