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		spdustin on Sept 14, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pardon Snowden Got me wondering if one's PGP fingerprint (or other cryptographic fingerprints) are "selectors" in XKEYSCORE

Jaepa on Sept 14, 2016 [–]

Yeah,I would shocked if it wasn't. Its a unique fingerprint that can be used to collect large amounts of metadata of a subset of the population that is both technically able, not wanting to be listened to.

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