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		knowThySelfx on May 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NSA collected 500M U.S. call records in 2017, a sh... Only 500M? With the Management Engine type spy chips installed in virtually all modern processors which runs our computers and phones, its all very easy. 500M is hogwash.

occamrazor on May 5, 2018 [–]

AFAIK there is no evidence, in the Snowden docs or elsewhere, pointing to a wide-scale use of ME by NSA for bulk data collection.

knowThySelfx on May 5, 2018 | [–]

Of course Occamsrazor, not yet. It isn't gonna come by easily either. Time will tell, if it is or not.

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