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I remember when Fort Collins still had an analog phone switch!

It was during the analog to digital conversion of the phone system that the current global surveillance system was born. Manufacturers of phone systems were required to put in a back door for the government.

Many presume the current global surveillance system was born out of the 2001 attacks, but it was started a few years earlier with this legislation.

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)