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Can You Hear Me Now? Yes, We Can.

Those old Verizon commercials meet the NSA.

By Andrew Bouvé
June 06, 20133:41 PM
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With revelations that Verizon has been sending streams of customer phone data to the National Security Agency, those brain-burning “Can you hear me now?” commercials suddenly take on new meaning. As it turns out, yes, they can.

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