> Except that image isn't accessible to anyone except the owner
Good point, it's true that cloud servers containing personal information are never hacked, this is probably because most companies take security very seriously.
> But I'm pretty sure the NSA doesn't care about looking at some random guy's ass.
Exactly! It's not as if NSA employees have ever been known to abuse their power for personal or purely entertainment purposes!
> they aren't going to disseminate the picture to the world, similar to how they don't disseminate intelligence data.
Agreed, rest assured that your private photos and correspondences are safe in the hands of professionals who would never be interested in leaking personal or embarrassing data about innocent law abiding citizens.
Rephrasing Hanlon's razor, there's no need for malice where a simple fuck-up would suffice ;)
They don't need to be interested in leaking personal data, they just have to make a mistake that would allow such leak. And introducing bugs isn't not something unheard of, even for pros.
Good point, it's true that cloud servers containing personal information are never hacked, this is probably because most companies take security very seriously.
> But I'm pretty sure the NSA doesn't care about looking at some random guy's ass.
Exactly! It's not as if NSA employees have ever been known to abuse their power for personal or purely entertainment purposes!
> they aren't going to disseminate the picture to the world, similar to how they don't disseminate intelligence data.
Agreed, rest assured that your private photos and correspondences are safe in the hands of professionals who would never be interested in leaking personal or embarrassing data about innocent law abiding citizens.