Flockers wrote:
Has this not been happening years before the media gave attention to it?
There's a perfectly legitimate reason as to why it needs to be done. Does the FBI have any interest in your particular personal life? Yes, but not to an extent where they'll be getting into your phones unless you have "association with the mafia", or any other affiliation with crime.
Regardless if I discovered about this three days ago, or three years ago, there's really nothing surprising about this, nor would it be surprising to discover that they've gone to larger lengths from simply listening to your conversations.
It's been happening since the 70's.