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> But I doubt they listen for anything but their keyword > I can't imagine the NSA and other covert organizations not drooling at the chance to do just that. Why doubt? Why imagine? You know that, for data on big corporation's servers, the NSA already gets a copy of everything - and everything is recorded forever without you really being able to delete it. Why would this be so different for voluntary self-espionage d…
> You know that, for data on big corporation's servers, the NSA already gets a copy of everything This is squarely in conspiracy theory realm. Nothing in the Snowden documents or other leaks hinted at this (except for the NSA snooping on unencrypted internal links, which is useless now that everyone encrypts everything). > Why would this be so different for voluntary self-espionage devices (Alex, Dot etc.)? Why would…
On the contrary. The leaks say this, specifically. You should read up on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XKeyscore
To quote Snowden personally (on XKeyscore):
> You could read anyone's email in the world, anybody
> you've got an email address for. Any website: You can
> watch traffic to and from it. Any computer that an
> individual sits at: You can watch it. Any laptop that
> you're tracking: you can follow it as it moves from
> place to place throughout the world. It's a one-stop-
> shop for access to the NSA's information. ... You can
> tag individuals ... Let's say you work at a major
> German corporation and I want access to that network,
> I can track your username on a website on a forum
> somewhere, I can track your real name, I can track
> associations with your friends and I can build what's
> called a fingerprint, which is network activity unique
> to you, which means anywhere you go in the world,
> anywhere you try to sort of hide your online presence,
> your identity.