track cars then and shipping containers and whatnot, not people's conversations.

we all pay the price, yes, but we also all enjoy the prosperity it brings us.

at best these are arguments for finally making cars harder to steal. (and for people to own fewer of them and just rent them when they need it. and the renter company can then store them in a big fucking lot with security if they want to.)

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as other commenters pointed it out, the technology is out there.

sure, it might not convince enough voters, we'll see. but it's sure as shit that these networks are not going back to pen and paper.