Well, AT&T has figured out how to get around the problem of private individuals suing them for invading their private lives by providing private information to public entities like the United States Government.

Simply put, “We own you.”

And nobody thought it was a problem when the hard work of the 1960s and 1970s was undone by the re-institution of monopolies in the communication industry.

Well, at least it’s official now.

Sadly, most of us won’t care, until the day the government actually starts using the information in more overtly repressive ways. By then, it will be too late.