The US’s massive surveillance is obscene. After so many years of tech-savvy privacy and freedom advocates trying to raise this issue, I’m glad it’s now gaining some public scrutiny. Yet, it’s surprising how little people are actually outraged about this. This is not your government doing your work, this is government dangerously out-of-control.
The data being collected is undoubtedly (if it hasn’t already) going to be put to use by special interests that do not have the citizens’ best interests in mind.
The way so many major tech companies are based in the US and house the data and cloud services from the people and organizations of countries around the world should raise major alarms for all of us.