Yodabunny wrote:
Cell phones and many laptop always have a mic connected.
Yup. You can at least turn off your laptop when it's not in use. But you kinda have to leave your cell phone on (if you expect to be able to receive phone calls without like scheduling them ahead of time or something). Cell phones also have video capability (front and back even!), not to mention some that are "always on" so they can be activated with hand gestures (probably a good thing to disable as well). And they are notoriously easy to remotely hack.
Of course the flip side argument is that it seems as though younger people don't need to be hacked anyway. Given the sheer number of examples of idiots actually intentionally filming themselves engaged in illegal activities and then posting online, it's not like the government has to hack many people. Just watch their social media and you'll get 99% of what you need. Quaint idea indeed!