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In reply to the discussion: Can someone ring up the Germans, and [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)The NSA isn't the only one listening and if you think that heads of states can safely use personal unencrypted phones for government business you've got to be so naive it's not even funny. It's just mind boggling that you would think only the NSA would spy on such a device.
You got ABIN in Brazil (which has openly stated it's going to spy on everyone for the World Cup). You got the FSB / GRU in Russia (which has openly stated that it's going to spy on everyone for the Olympics). You got the GIP in Saudi Arabia (which has materially supported fighters in Syria, as we are doing now). You got the MSS / SAR in China which has been caught doing economic espionage.
It's likely she didn't use the cell phone for government stuff so she probably isn't worried, if anything she's embarrassed.