'That level of paranoid': Federal workers fear they're being snooped on in own homes
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“Any technical glitch we experience, we wonder, is this just us being paranoid or is it some nefarious action?” said one employee at the Department of Education.
Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration no longer take meeting notes in Google Docs, and workers elsewhere report concerns that they might say something to triggering artificial intelligence surveillance.
“People are picking up the phone for the first time in a decade because they don’t have to have online meetings or notes,” said a federal employee. “We’re that level of paranoid.”