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Optic Nerve. It's camera and mic activation. I wish we could take credit, but the Brits wrote it. Yeah, her laptop's off. Or was, she just forgot to close it. Of course, how would she know? This shit is so sly, the webcam light doesn't even turn on.

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Edward Snowden: So, you're, um, an engineer? Hank Forrester: Am I an engineer? Instructor and counselor, too. I'm supposed to keep an eye on you CTs, make sure you don't buckle under the pressure. Turn to drugs and booze. Edward Snowden: Well, you won't have that problem with me. I don't drink or do drugs. Hank Forrester: What is your sin of choice? Edward Snowden: Uh, computers. Hank Forrester: Well, then, Snowden, you've come to the right little whorehouse.

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Gabriel Sol: So think of it as a Google search, except instead of searching only what people make public, we're also looking at everything they don't. So... Emails, chats, SMS, whatever. Edward Snowden: Yeah, but which people? Gabriel Sol: The whole kingdom, Snow White.

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Edward Snowden: So, this is data collection for the month of March worldwide, emails and Skype calls. So France, 70 million. Germany, 500 million. Brazil, two billion. Inside the U.S., 3.1 billion emails and calls. That's not including any of the telecom company data. NSA Dep. Director Lowell: Okay, so what's the collection in Russia? Edward Snowden: Russia is 1.5 billion. NSA Dep. Director Lowell: Wait, so we're collecting twice as much in the U.S. as we are in Russia?

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Corbin O'Brian: What's the first rule of battle? Edward Snowden: Never reveal your position.