Technology & Science
Sep. 30, 2015
Do Twitter's computers spy on its users?
A series of lawsuits recently filed in the Northern District of California seem to think so. By Bruce E. Boyden
In the 1950s, before automated switches became prevalent, telephone calls were connected
by a human operator - memorably parodied by Lily Tomlin as the busybody "Ernestine."
The human operator would speak to the caller, obtain the desired number, and then
either connect the call to its destination or route it to another station. Under phone
company rules and later under the f...
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