STATE ACCESS They didn’t kick the door in. They rewrote the lock. Called it security, called it law, called your life a dataset. Every call logged. Every step timestamped. Your face sworn in as evidence before you spoke. They don’t need warrants anymore, just compliance, quiet updates, fear dressed as policy. Privacy wasn’t taken. It was legislated away, clause by clause, while we were busy staying normal. Now the government knows you better than your friends, and still calls it freedom because you’re allowed to keep walking.