@Walter Hinteler,
My point, Walter, whether about spying or data protection...
...is that laws on an international level forbidding such activity are an absurdity...and lamenting that they are not being respected is, in my opinion, every bit as absurd.
It cannot work...it is illusionary as a "solution" to the kinds of problems you are encountering.
At no point have I considered you the kind of person who would promote what the Nazis did...and I did allow my anger and frustration with the invective that seems to be coming relentlessly toward the US...for doing what I see as necessary, reasonable, and not especially in conflict with what others are doing...or should be doing...to push me to extremes.
I apologize.
The notion of privacy is dead...individually and for nations. Any plans your nation are making are going to be known to us...and the plans we are making will be known to you. Some day, once again in my opinion, this will be seen as a tremendous plus for society...and for real moves toward us becoming a truly intelligent species.
There is not be less spying...there will be more...and the spying will be so intrusive it will make what you are complaining about seem benign.
I welcome that day. We want TRANSPARENCY. Well...we are about to get transparency on a scale never even imagined a while ago.
But until that time, we should each do all we can to keep our secrets.
Stealing classified documents and releasing them...is still against the law. You seem to favor obeying laws, Walter...and Edward Snowden has been charged with doing exactly that.
He should be tried.
