Exactly. They could replace notepad++.exe or install a rootkit or do it in a zillion other ways. I think this change was made so that already wiretapped people

Exactly. They could replace notepad++.exe or install a rootkit or do it in a zillion other ways. I think this change was made so that already wiretapped people could detect this and to "calm" the public since the CIA is `OMG hacking into everybody's notepad, nobody is safe'.