Many factors are at play here dealing with individual or third-party data retention policies sometimes beyond your control as well as continued usage of the same private encryption key and password.

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On Wednesday, WikiLeaks released a series of video files obtained from UK-based Gamma that show how its products can be used to monitor Wifi networks from a hotel lobby, hack cell phones and PCs with fake software updates, or infect computers from a USB key to intercept Skype conversations, log encryption passwords and read private files.

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