What no one will tell you, there are factions in Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Intel who are now working with the NSA.
They can get just about any info they want.
I know this as I was in a meeting at Intel back in 2013 where an executive said this in a meeting.
It was quickly hushed up.
Well, I’m sure they can. Any info that is actually on the internet or systems connected to it, of course. But not everything is connected to the internet. There was actually an episode of Mr. Robot that dealt with this (I just started binge watching a few days ago and am into episode 7 of the first season). The guy thought he knew everything about anybody he hacked, until this one woman, face to face, pulled out her art work that she had never discussed with anyone on the internet. It totally shocked him that there was something VERY important in her life that he actually knew nothing about.
I’m not on Facebook any more. And even when I was, I didn’t post often. There is a lot a hacker could find out about me, but most of it would be right here on FR. I even learned, almost two decades ago, that Google is aware of the content of every gmail message I send and receive. I send emails accordingly.
But here’s the scary one: A friend was discussing a topic at a table at starbucks one day. It was the first time she ever discussed it in her life. It was a verbal conversation, face to face, with their phones sitting on the table.
Later that day she was getting ads on her phone apps regarding that specific subject. The mic in the phone?