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The spying will never, ever stop.

This plays out as: The NSA etc. claim "Okay, we've stopped spying!" right up until they get caught again.

Then the cycle starts over.

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There is no technically feasible way of ensuring that you're not being snooped on. Thus: you will always be snooped on.

I doubt that the NSA, or the executive branch, or the legislature, will ever be put in a position to have to claim that they've stopped spying.

There will be brief outcry, some half-hearted claims by a few in charge that they will look into it, and after the next shooting or terrorist attack it will be on the second page, soon to drop off the radar completely.

At least that's what I'd put my money on. They won't even be bothered to lie about it.

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