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I am not too concerned about this as I typically keep my data connection OFF unless I am browsing or checking emails.
I also think that a lot of these ‘spying’ hoaxes are to the fashion of making a mountain out of a molehill. I have talked about these NSA “spying operations” and some of them feature ridiculous technology.
If anything the ‘national security organizations in question’ would not mind the widespread hoaxing and scares associated with privacy breaches, because it would automatically improve national security awareness by fear and word of mouth. Who spreads fear about ‘Big Brother’? Not the NSA, not the US Government, but people who believe that they should don tinfoil hats and look out for mysterious ‘black’ aircraft.
Regardless of the fact that said ‘black’ vehicles indeed are experimental or special purpose aircraft (that at times do great deeds), people will find new things to loathe and spread fear of just to make themselves feel secure.
Truth is, you’re not living in a tightly controlled police state so if you’re not out to do nefarious deeds, what is there to fear from ‘Big Brother’? Privacy is overrated in today’s highly networked society anyway, and deliberately introducing a certain element of ‘infamy’ into public opinion goes a long way in pushing indirect authority. That is why said ‘national security organizations in question’ will never, ever shed light as to the actual scope and capabilities involved in their cyber-monitoring operations. Let the hoaxes spread and the organization’s ability to perform its mission, in the public eye, is automatically inflated to enormous proportions without the need to spend anything on marketing or actual systems deployment.
As for purported ‘privacy breaches’, you can’t imagine the NSA employing people to sift through billions of copies of high scores to single you out on purpose, can you? And such so called ‘spying’ is easy to foil – just TURN OFF THE DATA. Simple as that.