> There's a few things that make this pretty unlikely. Google doesn't triage or repair the phones themselves, they contract it out just like everyone else. And the people they contract it out to almost certainly have procedures in place which are meant to ensure that neither the devices themselves nor the data on them get out.
Snowden and Manning smuggled out top secret information; it seems a bit much to assume that the low bidder on a phone repair contract has leak-proof security.
Snowden and Manning smuggled out top secret information; it seems a bit much to assume that the low bidder on a phone repair contract has leak-proof security.