It's safe to assume hardware and software is completely and totally backdoored. It's done with NSLs and co-operation of companies or compromising employees, pro

It's safe to assume hardware and software is completely and totally backdoored. It's done with NSLs and co-operation of companies or compromising employees, projects, standards and other tricks which are child's play for most government agencies. That makes the idea of using technology to gain some sort of privacy from state level actors with infinite resources and man power to thwart you a total nonstarter that can at best deliver a false sense of security and at worst more serious consequences for those who may need it. The bottom line is established power is paranoid and wants to monitor all communication whatever they may proclaim publicly and it appears from hind sight and what we now know they have always done it.