Exactly, this is what I've been pointing out: Every government with the means to monitor domestic and foreign communications does so and invariably stretches the law in order to achieve it.
That's why I've felt the focus on the NSA and GCHQ (i.e. the US and and UK) was misplaced. The focus should be on better privacy protections and rolling back state surveillance in all countries, not just the two whose programs are the best-known. In fact the understanding of how widespread this is may reignite the push for better client-side privacy and anonymity protection tools.
That's why I've felt the focus on the NSA and GCHQ (i.e. the US and and UK) was misplaced. The focus should be on better privacy protections and rolling back state surveillance in all countries, not just the two whose programs are the best-known. In fact the understanding of how widespread this is may reignite the push for better client-side privacy and anonymity protection tools.