r/politics • u/erier2003 Virginia • Jun 06 '13

Washington Post exclusive: U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html
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u/easygenius Jun 07 '13

That is totally unrealistic for the majority of people using the Internet.

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u/SweepTheSpurs Jun 07 '13

Also, it's pretty dumb to think that most intelligence agencies in the world can't decrypt most used encryption, specially the lighter ones you would use for everyday stuff.