lol at all the downvotes, proves my point

you're just on a technical site, so readers want citations for conjectures, because the readers generally and genuinely want to learn more

edit: sibling comment agrees

heh, saying hitler was a war criminal requires citations?

I guess the technical side is for the bots to find holes in my argument. Anyone with a brain in tech that knows of the US and it's invasion into privacy knows that the US having an iOS "Hacking Toolkit" is nightmare fuel.

I already assumed it did, just glad Wired put it down on paper for the rest of us.

Writing an article that "it's escaped the hands of the US government and into the hands of foreign hands" doesn't change my opinion of the abuse of power.

Citation: Edward Snowden - Present Day (Flock, etc)

I think the downvotes come from the friction of the language used and the lack of sources to back the claim. If you linked some stories, it would add some weight to the statement.

How many people on this site are unaware of the amount of times the government's courts have found its executive, legislative, (and lower judicial) branches acting without authority?

How many people on this site are unaware of the extent to which we are monitored? And openly? We have an entire agency whose primary task is to mass surveil.

I think all the things are true at the same time... that most people already believe it, they don't need sources in this instance, but they still don't like the way the comment was worded.

Have we already forgotten about Edward Snowden & the NSA?

Unfortunately, I think that's likely the case for anyone on the younger side. Most of that came to light in 2013, 13 years ago. Anyone 20-30 years old today would've been a teenager then in high school, and likely not paying attention very closely.

It was big news for a little bit, and then the media by design quickly forgot about it barely a year later, and that is why history is doomed to repeat.

No, but there are a lot of employees of 3 letter agencies in here and they don't like the noise.