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nobody has data accurate enough to determine them with any real certainty

You mean, other than, y'know...a classified document by the NSA describing what proportion of estimated total internet traffic they look at?

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Total internet traffic is not the total volume of communications. What you're saying is like saying that your county's prosecutor has a 0.25% conviction rate because 1% of residents are charged with crimes and 25% are found guilty. Measurements are useless if you measure the wrong thing.

what makes you think the number mentioned in the classified document is, or intended to be, accurate?

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