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I will certainly show this to everybody who tells me "google won't get hacked" when privacy comes up :)

Talking about things like this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18074097

I take a different view of this. Some 30 companies got this hardware, two are named as having the resources to find the offending hardware. By this logic you’re still safer using a company such as Amazon.

My point is that you should care about privacy, even if you're using, for example, apple services. Thinking that nobody has the resources to hack a company that big isn't an argument and has just been disproven.

In other words, if you have plans to ever be a politician that china may not want in any position of power, don't store your nudes on icloud/dropbox/google drive, or they may suddenly get leaked when you least expect it and ruin your career in favor of a more... Shall we say "convenient"? ...alternative.

Disproven on speculation?

I’m not saying nobody has the resources to hack a company. I’m saying few companies have the resources to detect such a sophisticated hack. Therefore my infra is probably safer with, say, Amazon vs my local colo.

You are correct that individuals seeking personal infosec against state actors must be eternally vigilant.

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