Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by pseudalopex on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @03:25PM
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> When it became feasible for the NSA to essentially tap every phone in the U.S. I think most of us just presume that they will do just that.
Much narrower claims were dismissed as paranoia before Snowden's disclosures. The comment you replied to made that point specifically.
Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by bandrami on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @06:37PM
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One bit of trivia that came out of it is that since WWI, the FBI has received from USPS a photograph of the destination and return address of every letter mailed in the US (the analogy with telephony metadata is pretty obvious).
Not sure I'd call it psy-op.
When it became feasible for the NSA to essentially tap every phone in the U.S. I think most of us just presume that they will do just that.
Historically, it's what those with power will do — exercise it.
And for all number of examples in history we are not naive enough to think that their saying they're not doing it (are no longer doing it) means nothing.