> it seems that there might have been some truth to those old stories
It's really weird to see confirmed, year after year, that all those "conspiracy theories" (first circulated on the '90s internet) turned out to be almost entirely true, when it comes to network-based espionage.
Echelon/five eyes? Check.
Massive network surveillance? Check.
Compromised ciphers? Check.
Compromised hardware manufacturers? Check.
NSA being fundamentally devoid of oversight? Check.
US espionage targeting allies for industrial gain? Check, check, aand check.
This shit was ridiculed back then, and it makes so hard to discern what is true in contemporary news reporting.
It's really weird to see confirmed, year after year, that all those "conspiracy theories" (first circulated on the '90s internet) turned out to be almost entirely true, when it comes to network-based espionage.
Echelon/five eyes? Check.
Massive network surveillance? Check.
Compromised ciphers? Check.
Compromised hardware manufacturers? Check.
NSA being fundamentally devoid of oversight? Check.
US espionage targeting allies for industrial gain? Check, check, aand check.
This shit was ridiculed back then, and it makes so hard to discern what is true in contemporary news reporting.