>>"Off the record" more often means not an official position (yet) but under consideration. Do you really believe that if all confidential communication is no longer a possibility that the world will be better off?
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>Doesn't matter if I believe or not - fact is confidential communication is becoming more and more rare. And if was so confidential then why did a couple million folks have access to it? Doesn't sound too "confidential" to me. Perhaps the means of communication should be addressed.

OTOH, I think the establishment is getting a dose of its own medicine. They spy on us all the time - we know how much data about us they all have. Now it's their turn to see how it feels.