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There's a meme that every person has a U.S. government agent assigned to read their text messages. That’s not true. But government agencies, from the National Security Administration to local police departments, can potentially read the conversations on many text messaging applications. Fortunately, this is not always the case, and there are many ways you can protect your privacy.

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[–] surph_ninja 1 points 2 days ago

If they wanted to, they could. They’ve got backdoors built into everything, including processors.