It's been around for a long time, on every voice switch you use.
It is the software that allows key words to be targeted and recorded in phone conversations.
It's the software that allows the L(aw) E(nforcement) A(gency) to determine where your cell phone is within a few hundred feet (GPS enabled or not).
It's the software that allows the phone company to turn on your cell phone if you have turned it off.
There's more to it than that.
I don't know why it's such a big deal all of a sudden.
You already have zero privacy, get over it.