*"when you make a telephone call, you are not giving your data to the police and...

raintrees on Dec 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: xkcd: Instagram

"when you make a telephone call, you are not giving your data to the police and 3rd parties (or the phone company) to listen to"

There is contention about whether this is the case, now that many eschew land lines: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57493811-83/federal-court-o...