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There is no absolute protection, neither we nor the government, it's like a race

Very true,,,and in that race, I always bet on the hackers...they one step ahead.

Of course, for the general masses, they are always one step behind.

What you say is true, hackers have more passion and more psychological motives, but government employees have the financial means and deal with it only as a job not more

This is a great talk about how the NSA tracks you, very interesting! By Bill Binney who was Technical Director at the NSA.