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by trefoiled 1038 days ago
Are you familiar with PRISM or the information Edward Snowden disclosed? The NSA doesn't need "magical" knowledge from the future, they have back doors and exploits in hardware, data collection methods directly arranged with ISPs and FAANGs, and free legal reign. The "best people" at FAANGs readily cooperated with the NSA and FBI, doing everything they could to assist them. If you've never looked into PRISM, I highly recommend going down the rabbit hole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM?wprov=sfti1