The article emphasizes the significant evolution of government surveillance from the late 1980s to the present, highlighting the shift from wired phone surveillance to modern digital tracking capabilities. It contrasts past practices requiring legal warrants for wiretapping with today's more pervasive and easier methods, enabled by technology like cell phones, which allow agencies to monitor individuals' locations and activities without as stringent legal oversight. The implications of these advancements raise concerns about privacy and civil liberties in contemporary America.
"Government surveillance has come a long way since then, both technically and in terms of what's legally possible in Donald Trump's United States and under the John Roberts Supreme Court."
"The advent of cellular technology has made it so much easier to track where any of us have been, simply by triangulation from cell towers."
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