But I was just kidding

Last December I posted this jokingly.

And you just know they charge us extra for it too

Check your bills for some curious multiple-fee fee like a "supplemental accessibility surcharge" by which the telecommunications companies actually make money off of this.

As part of the program approved by President Bush for domestic surveillance without warrants, the N.S.A. has gained the cooperation of American telecommunications companies to obtain backdoor access to streams of domestic and international communications, the officials said.

God, I am so naïve.

FCC approves Net-wiretapping taxes

WASHINGTON--Broadband providers and Internet phone companies will have to pick up the tab for the cost of building in mandatory wiretap access for police surveillance, federal regulators ruled Wednesday.

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to levy what likely will amount to wiretapping taxes on companies, municipalities and universities, saying it would create an incentive for them to keep costs down and that it was necessary to fight the war on terror. Universities have estimated their cost to be about $7 billion.

So the FCC plans to institute a wiretap tax, which will of course be passed along to consumers. Let's see if they have the balls to actually call it "a supplemental accessibility surcharge."