The surprising poignancy of the 'FBI agent' meme

By now, we know that hacking into a webcam is fairly easy, and that covering up your webcam is generally a good idea. But lately, the internet seems to have made a bizarre, poignant peace with the idea that someone might be watching us — not rogue hackers, necessarily, but the FBI itself.

Jokes about the “FBI agent watching our computers” have becomes ubiquitous on Twitter in recent weeks, to the point where that phrase has been replaced, largely, with “my FBI agent.” The tweets are often mini-stories: the narrator does something meant to be seen by no one, only to remember there is someone watching on the other side. Read more…

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