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> "[US political system] which is regarded as the best example of democracy, globally" As far as I can tell, Switzerland has the best political system (with the most direct democra…

> Facebook has done a good job helping people enjoy the habit of denying the importance of privacy Well, that's what they make money off. It's their strategy/mission to eliminate p…

> A user simply sends a message, and it’s encrypted end to end, every time. Anything that is not public key encrypted must be considered unencrypted.

And we must never forget that this is simply criminal. Nobody should get away with that.

> Germans are especially sensitive about snooping due to their experiences in the Nazi era and in Communist East Germany, when the Stasi secret police built up a massive surveillan…

Where does the "physical access" part come from? And if that was the case, why would it be impossible now? One of the sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/30/the-n…

The other reason why this is no big deal (anymore) is that the Snowden leaks have shown that the NSA has total control over all iPhones. Why should we even bother talking about bug…

This may be nice for certain niche users. But the trend I see is companies telling us to regularly buy stuff we really don't need (and obviously throw away our "old" solutions). Th…

> David Miranda Detention Legal Under Terrorism Law Nowadays, everything is "terrorism". It's funny, because before Bush, nobody knew that word. Nobody ever talked about such a thi…

A US-based VPN provider? I hope you're being sarcastic.

It's "funny" how our western system hypocritically decries censorship in China, North Korea et al. when we do the exact same thing, just in a little bit more hidden/less detectable…

Related: The Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders has the U.S. ranked #46 in their 2004 report [0] - just above Haiti and just below Romania. [0] http://rsf.org/index20…

For the US, this is an economic war. It's about gaining/keeping a competitive advantage over the other players.

> does that mean they'll at least start getting rid of the us bases? It doesn't talk about that. And I doubt it's going to happen b/c literally nobody of the current European polit…

Unfortunately, this is not about fighting mass surveillance, at all. This is just about defending against US spying. Mass surveillance and spying are NOT the same. Spying is/was a …

> Absolutely terrible that Apple are guilty for making this situation even worse That's what their mission is: Sell as much as possible. (That's the very "clever" idea our economic…

That movie was a real eye opener. M: 10/10

Then you should start rebuilding the political system which defines DC. Corporations literally ARE the government, nowadays. (It was given the name "lobbying", but is nothing other…

> "If it was so important why didn't Google get involved?" Maybe because participating also means " telling people that they're constantly being monitored" (and further raising the…