Otiose Explanations

Now the Post confirms the USA Today data collection story. So far, so good. But I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Shoes. "Nobody is listening to your conversation." As in "no person is listening, but this antiseptic, friendly, willing-to-fiercely-protect-your-rights computer here, which never makes mistakes, might just be digging a little deeper." Given the depravity of the Tyrant's crew, who can seriously entertain the possibility that they wouldn't throw that additional switch, causing purely domestic conversations to run through a filter checking voiceprints and keywords? The more I edit these podcasts, the more I'm impressed with how differently voices appear as waveforms. It's got to be at least as good as fingerprinting (which isn't, btw, perfect). Easy to talk yourself into the notion that it wouldn't be 'listening' but tracking or some such. Except that the 'special projects division' under General Rove is sure to be tracking dirt...