There’s proof of numerous telecommunications corporations, and tech manufacturer's working directly with the NSA for years to ensure the NSA has backdoor access and spyware in all of the major networks and tech produced by the corporations they work with. I’m sure there is a monetary incentive involved to sway companies like Dell and Verizon to comply, but also, I’d be willing to bet our government would’ve forced those corporations to work with the NSA regardless of how they felt about it, saying it’s a national security threat for government not to have the access they demand. I can’t prove any of them were forced to comply, because that info would likely remain top secret forever, but if one of them was forced to comply, you can bet your ass they all are….and if that’s the case, there’s no chance in hell a privacy based phone manufacturer would ever be allowed to exist without being paid a visit from the NSA, who would then force the manufacturer to install whatever spyware the NSA wants in that product.
There’s proof of numerous telecommunications corporations, and tech manufacturer's working directly with the NSA for years to ensure the NSA has backdoor access and spyware in all of the major networks and tech produced by the corporations they work with. I’m sure there is a monetary incentive involved to sway companies like Dell and Verizon to comply, but also, I’d be willing to bet our government would’ve forced those corporations to work with the NSA regardless of how they felt about it, saying it’s a national security threat for government not to have the access they demand. I can’t prove any of them were forced to comply, because that info would likely remain top secret forever, but if one of them was forced to comply, you can bet your ass they all are….and if that’s the case, there’s no chance in hell a privacy based phone manufacturer would ever be allowed to exist without being paid a visit from the NSA, who would then force the manufacturer to install whatever spyware the NSA wants in that product.