>This seems to upset people, but the same people were/are OK with using smart phones. I don't think this is the case. People have complained about that too and

>This seems to upset people, but the same people were/are OK with using smart phones. I don't think this is the case. People have complained about that too and personally I take a lot of precautions to protect my data. Pretty much every reddit thread on the subject has a top comment akin to "Who cares? everyone else is doing it", and your comment seems to be a more well thought out version of the same sentiment. We've known for a while the NSA is abusing our technology and working with large corporations to spy on us, but at this point there is almost no way around it except to stop using technology (and even then you can be spied on by other sophisticated equipment like drones). I don't really think this is any type of excuse or justification. Just because people have no control over the spying doesn't mean people like it or are "okay" with it. The only other option is to give up most technology and stop participating in the world, which is absurd.