The U.S. has established seven monitoring stations across the country, tapping into internet users’ data for the past twenty years.
  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    That's a big part of it, but it's also worth noting that intelligence agencies collect encrypted data as well because it might be possible to break the encryption in the future.