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by npteljes 1206 days ago
Since communication was unencrypted, listening in was easy though. Even the instant messengers, up to 2005-2007, sent their messages in cleartext. So listening in was easy, but since storage was much more expensive, I don't think they bothered with recording them too much.

Regarding your conclusion, leaving FB and G is not even the hardest part. The hardest part is that your network probably won't follow.