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   * The main problem however is that they have data (most of their online activities including posts on 4chan for example) on every internet-user ((http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data)) that they could use for blackmailing or character assassination (ie for retrospective justification). That's of course leaving out that they are already spying on users' porn habits for exactly this purpose already ((http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/nsa-porn-muslims_n_4346128.html)). Having sensitive data on every internet-user equals immense power which according to Snowden is what they're actually after (("These Programs Were Never About Terrorism: They’re About Economic Spying, Social Control, and Diplomatic Manipulation. They’re About Power" ~Snowden in letter to the people of brazil: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2013/12/1386296-an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-brazil.shtml)).   * The main problem however is that they have data (most of their online activities including posts on 4chan for example) on every internet-user ((http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data)) that they could use for blackmailing or character assassination (ie for retrospective justification). That's of course leaving out that they are already spying on users' porn habits for exactly this purpose already ((http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/nsa-porn-muslims_n_4346128.html)). Having sensitive data on every internet-user equals immense power which according to Snowden is what they're actually after (("These Programs Were Never About Terrorism: They’re About Economic Spying, Social Control, and Diplomatic Manipulation. They’re About Power" ~Snowden in letter to the people of brazil: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2013/12/1386296-an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-brazil.shtml)).
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