my fault...i'm tired too.
let's try again...
...Why wouldn't the general public want the Govt listening to....
Because as deluded as your original statement was, the Govt DOES want to know what you're doing, even if it's not illegal.
And by the way, somethings aren't illegal they are just not something you would want others to know about.
Medical records, dirty secrets, naughty gossip.
You are wrong about how the Govt eavesdrops also.
They don't just wiretap someone they have a suspicion about, they use key words that are flagged by their voice recognition software.
So if you say you're party "blew up" after you arrived you will probably be flagged and then they will listen to the whole conversation to hear what you are talking about.
What kind of medical secret would you want to keep away from the Govt? Who is the Govt. going to tell your secrets/naughty gossip to?
That software is nothing new. They've had that for years....and it takes more than just one or two key words for the machines to kick on. You have to use quite a few of those key words for that to happen.
You do realize that the Govt consists of people right?
All those positions you hear about are actually human.
You aren't the only person on the planet.
Let's say you are the daughter of a person who activates those machines and for some reason they have heard key words like "i have to take my drugs" ,"getting bombed", or "my abortion is next saturday".
You don't think that is violating someones civil rights?
Really?
If you're not talking about anything of any importance, why would these people care? There are abortions every day. If you have a prescription for those drugs, who cares? "Getting Bombed" isn't a code word.
These people are trained for what they need to be listening for. Someone's abortion is the least of these people's worries. They don't care. It's still legal to have abortions.
Those code words do exist.
If you think the "Govt" is not collecting as much information as possible about you as they can then you are delusional.
If you think more than 50% of the people that are trained to do something do it better than chimps then you are even more delusional than I said a second ago.