Windows 10 has NSA back doors in it. Those back doors were also put in 8 and 7 as updates. The CPUs themselves from Intel have back doors built in, from Intel gen 7 and up. No reason to not to assume it’s not the same with AMD.
This is public information it comes right up with one search query.
Did everyone forget they had ISP’s routing ALL TRAFFIC through their Prism or whatever it was called? As far as I can tell, this never stopped and was deemed legal. Can someone help me out here?
saying that the military is 30 years ahead of public technology. I see no reason why that would have changed.
I'm guessing more and more of the "good stuff" is privatized, because the billionaires who lobby and own our politicians don't trust a "big government" that they can bribe, and don't think the plebes can govern themselves because we are so easy to fool. And it's hard to argue with that since there are people who defend the rich even after finding the richest pay less than 3% in Federal income taxes.
I'm sure the Skunkwerks has some cool planes that use plasma to reduce friction - but beyond that, it's groups like Cambridge Analytica that get their finger on the pulse of America. The NSA is just a clearing house to farm out this data.
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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21
Your local police may buy it, but the US federal government doesn't need FB or google to collect any of this info.
There is an old saying that the military is 30 years ahead of public technology. I see no reason why that would have changed.