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Apparently not whole, since there is so much more than HW/OS specific methods. This is just what they allow to be leaked, anyways. The purpose is to normalize this state of affairs in your mind. Two steps forward, one step back. Incrementalism applied.

Right click the search bar right to the url bar, click manage search engines. I recomend using startpage.com

I am not sure what do you mean by "hardware" keylogger. I dont think it matters if its HW or SW keylogger. And yes, it is hidden, since you are not informed about the fact that every key you type into the search function is logged on their servers. This system also enables Amazon and others to put cookies into your computer without your permission. A lot of the people in the linux comunity are rightfully furious about this. As far as the document provided goes, you can just wish it away..

Yes, I kinda do, actually. 95% of people will not disable this, which is a good enough result for data mining. If it would be disabled by default, then it would be acceptable.. But that really was the least important part of my post..

Its not just the iPhone. http://www.scribd.com/doc/194899209/Nsa-Ant-Catalog Its every HW that has any significance. Ubuntu 13.10 has a public keylogger in the new start feature, submiting every search to ubuntu servers. Untill I learned that, I still secretly hoped that Ubuntu might be just a little bit better. I am dissapointed, but not surprised. By the way, these documents are leaking because the time has come to normalize this 1984 nightmare. Its up to us to grasp this unfreeze of the domain of government surveilance, and mold it to our advantage. Make this be the end of it, instead of it being normalized. You dont want to know what will come next if we put up with this.