Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(2)
Exact(11)
Under the new rules, cell phones have a "primary service area" in which the telephone user pays state and local user taxes.
As Leon noted, "the almost-Orwellian technology that enables the Government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States is unlike anything that could have been conceived in 1979".
The first switching machines, invented near the end of the 19th century, were simple mechanical switches that were remotely controlled by the telephone user pushing buttons or turning a dial on the phone.
"The almost-Orwellian technology that enables the government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States is unlike anything that could have been conceived in 1979," he wrote, referring to the year in which the US supreme court ruled on a fourth amendment case upon which the NSA now relies to justify the bulk records program.
Since A. T. & T. is a monopoly, the average telephone user has no alternative if he is dissatisfied with the rates or service he gets, but as a private citizen, he obviously makes up part of the General Public, and we know what a devious, norrow-minded, self-seeking lobby that is.
Leon noted that the government did not cite any instances in which the data collection proved necessary in preventing an imminent attack, and concluded that, when weighed against the "almost-Orwellian technology that enables the Government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States," the N.S.A.'s rationale was simply too weak.
Similar(49)
The geographical range of telephone users was limited, literally, by the length of the cord.
Telephone users can be called on the phone at any time.
Internet telephone users can also get a wide range of extra services for no charge.
At the start of the 21st century, more than half the population of Hungary were cellular telephone users.
The service was initially developed so telephone users could send each other quick text messages like those on pagers.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com