That’s a big part of it, but it’s also worth noting that intelligence agencies collect encrypted data as well because it might be possible to break the encryption in the future.
They can likely decrypt the majority of traffic. Google, Facebook and all other American companies will have handed over their SSL certs so all content can be intercepted and read.
Same for any servers using cloudflare. Those servers are literally sending all traffic directly to the US.
That’s a big part of it, but it’s also worth noting that intelligence agencies collect encrypted data as well because it might be possible to break the encryption in the future.
They can likely decrypt the majority of traffic. Google, Facebook and all other American companies will have handed over their SSL certs so all content can be intercepted and read.
Same for any servers using cloudflare. Those servers are literally sending all traffic directly to the US.
exactly
and also now… not all encryption is equal
indeed