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Hello, have you heard of the Snowden revelations? What OP was referring to are called bugdoors.
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haha yeah, thanks for the compliment
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No, anyone who remembers the Best Buy/FBI debacle knows that this statement is very well-grounded in reality. If you took your laptop to Best Buy for repairs, the FBI got a copy of your hard drive contents.
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