1)You stated that other country's governments would do at least as much surveillance. While not technically illegal, it certainly doesn't play out well for any system supposedly operating under the umbrella term "democracy". That's why I call it evil. That's something KGB/Stasi would do, and people don't exactly hold them to very high esteem?
2) I thought that everybody knows by now that the current surveillance apparatus is not for "potential security threats". If anybody who refuses to spy on their own people(e.g. telecoms) is considered a potential threat(whether it actually threatens national security or not), then, voila! We have arrived at a totalitarian government. The term threat has become very loose in its definition lately.
3)Correct, life isn't a snapshot. However, for the time being, the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. That's why companies need to be flexible and agile, and mitigate future threats on their livelihood e.g. switch to services in more friendly locales.
4) Still though. What makes you say that the governments of other countries would do at least what the US government is doing? That seems to imply some moral superiority that goes something like this - "we have this technology and we are spying on people, which is illegal, but other countries would do much worse things, given the opportunity". So it's corrupt, but somehow still above everyone else?
1)You stated that other country's governments would do at least as much surveillance. While not technically illegal, it certainly doesn't play out well for any system supposedly operating under the umbrella term "democracy". That's why I call it evil. That's something KGB/Stasi would do, and people don't exactly hold them to very high esteem?
2) I thought that everybody knows by now that the current surveillance apparatus is not for "potential security threats". If anybody who refuses to spy on their own people(e.g. telecoms) is considered a potential threat(whether it actually threatens national security or not), then, voila! We have arrived at a totalitarian government. The term threat has become very loose in its definition lately.
3)Correct, life isn't a snapshot. However, for the time being, the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. That's why companies need to be flexible and agile, and mitigate future threats on their livelihood e.g. switch to services in more friendly locales.
4) Still though. What makes you say that the governments of other countries would do at least what the US government is doing? That seems to imply some moral superiority that goes something like this - "we have this technology and we are spying on people, which is illegal, but other countries would do much worse things, given the opportunity". So it's corrupt, but somehow still above everyone else?