Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinThread
TIL that ThinThread, a wiretapping & intel project that protected the privacy of U.S. citizens, was discontinued exactly 3 weeks before the 9/11 attacks in favor of the “Trailblazer”—a competing project which lacked privacy protections and was more expensive.
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Holy what
Excuse me, what? There was an option that protected privacy?