Originally Posted by TheSquealer

Capturing every single email and phone call has always been going on... and going on with the full cooperation of EU nations like you own home country. Microsoft admitting to something insignificant is hardly a game changer in the big picture of spying and your information. I was always under the assumption that the government had back end access to everything. All western nations go after this stuff overtly. All hostile nations go after it covertly. Even the inventor of PGP couldn't hide from all the governments demanding global encryption keys.

My point is simply that its not "The USA". It's every single government on the planet with means. Those with limited means are often working together closely with other governments. We can agree the USA is bad... however, if the issue upsets you, then you also need to be pointing the fingers in the right directions and start by asking "how was my government cooperating full with the USA and what is my government doing to me that is similar"... Of course, thats uncomfortable and most would much rather point the finger far across the ocean and sleep better and night knowing all bad things are "somewhere else"