No, because it wasn't plausible now, and not just for technology reasons. Because back then it would have been unthinkable. Now it is very, very, incredibly thinkable. Hence the Reddit post.
You can't fathom why people would think the microphone is recording them, versus some massively intricate data flying everywhere nonsense method that no one outside of a tech career would have thought of?
No, because it wasn't plausible now, and not just for technology reasons. Because back then it would have been unthinkable. Now it is very, very, incredibly thinkable. Hence the Reddit post.
You can't fathom why people would think the microphone is recording them, versus some massively intricate data flying everywhere nonsense method that no one outside of a tech career would have thought of?