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Can governments bypass encryption ?

If encryption algorithms like AES and RSA are technically impossible to crack with our current technology. How do intelligence services or governments intercept communications?
gpt
> technically impossible 

They are not 'impossible' to crack... just economically or time in-feasible

Other ways to intercept communications are before or after the encryption/decryption (i.e. malware on your computer, or in the email/website/whatever hosting server/network). Preventing the encryption in the first place (i.e. man-in-the-middle attack, forged certificates etc.). Social Engineering (convincing you or an employee of the third-party company to leak either the unencrypted data, or a secret/admin-rights to allow decryption).