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Government Spying and the Social Credit System

“Hacking has increasingly become what governments consider a legitimate investigative tool. They use the same methods and techniques as criminal hackers. And what this means is they will try to remotely takeover your device. Once they do this, by detecting a vulnerability in the software that your device runs, such as Apple’s iOS or Microsoft’s Windows, they can craft a special type of attack code called an exploit. They then launch this exploit with the vulnerability on your device, which allows them to take total control of that device. […] Everything that you ever typed into that search box, Google has a copy of. Every private message that you’ve sent on Facebook, every link that you’ve clicked, everything that you’ve liked. They keep a permanent record of.”

Snowdon, Edward

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SOURCES

“Edward Snowden On Trump, Privacy, And Threats To Democracy“, Sep. 17, 2019. Snowden, Edward. Online interview. The 11th Hour, MSNBC. Accessed 17.12.2023.

“Top 5 Hacking Tools with Former Black Hat Hacker“, Nov. 23, 2023. Shawn Ryan Show, online interview. Accessed 24.01.2024.

“This Black Ops Unit Is CIA’s Best Kept Secret“, Dec. 17, 2023. Tacticore, online video. Accessed 27.12.2023. At 2:48 Edward Snowdon is credited with outing NSA / CIA survellience of Chancellor A. Merkel of Bundesrepublik Germany.

Also see “Internet Freedom: Verweghistan“.