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any reference to that? I would like to read more

Reference: I've done it on my own system. I'd encourage you to do it on your own system if you're curious.

I don't have the hardware for it; what did you find?

Without divulging too much information about the specifics, a LOT more traffic than I was expecting or willing to tolerate.

Such as?

Such as outbound traffic that should not have been taking place. Like I said, not divulging more info. If you're skeptical, just try it.

Are you willing to give up the reason for your secrecy? I'm not sure what you stand to lose if you just say "I saw some traffic to NSA headquarters every 10 minutes that coincide with access entries on my SSD"

Yes. Divulging the destination on a public platform is providing more identifying information than I am comfortable sharing.

It's funny that you'd think real-world espionage by intelligence agencies would be sending that data to headquarters rather than some random commercial VPS set up as collection infrastructure that is deliberately unattributable to the organization behind the espionage.

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