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Originally Posted by MaDalton
that opinion you pretty much have exclusively - at least over here - because the vast amount of espionage the NSA does over here was definitely not public knowledge before
did it make a difference that we know now?
that we will see in the long run.
but the debate how to handle this is still ongoing
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i wouldn't disagree that perhaps the biggest revelation to come from this is that the USA government spies on its allies. i'd suspect every government capable of doing so does so though. they just didn't get caught doing it. not trying to justify it but if we're all trying to learn from what Snowden revealed it's that it's that snooping is pervasive and ubiquitus and obviously not going to change. hell, the NSA's reply to the Snowden revelations was simply, "yes, we do all of that."
nothing changed.