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		LouisSayers on Sept 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’... Except where they have a warrant and reach their dirty little fingers into certificate authorities. Unless you're doing key exchange yourself I would assume nothing is truly private.

M2Ys4U on Sept 25, 2015 [–]

They don't need warrants. They'll just hack in like they did with Belgacom.

And even if they don't, they won't get a warrant. They'll get a certificate from the relevant politician that'll authorise them to do it.

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