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Um, yes? It may not happen to the extent it happens in China, though, but I'm certain they do it, too. After all the NSA is run by the same type of corrupt elite as the rest of the government is.

If you are discussing trade secrets on WeChat or Facebook Messenger I feel like you are doing it wrong. Any 3rd party communications service should not pass due diligence.

But that's exactly how WeChat is used in China. And really no different that having google host your email.

Isn’t the entire point of slack that you discuss trade secrets and implementation details over it?

And isn’t it also a 3rd party service?

Yep. See the Airbus espionage debacle.

I don't think the scale is remotely comparable, but fair counterpoint.

https://theintercept.com/2014/09/05/us-governments-plans-use...