The five eyes IC apparatus has invested in Tor relays and mitm attacks of Tor exit traffic so much so that I personally think using Tor endangers you [1]. They

The five eyes IC apparatus has invested in Tor relays and mitm attacks of Tor exit traffic so much so that I personally think using Tor endangers you [1]. They were doing this ~10 years ago (public info - [2]). As for the surveillance state,I keep pondering other aspects of society. Like how public restrooms are intentionally designed to lack privacy,how in the military and prison you're expected to be comfortable with being completely naked around others and how it is completely acceptable for an arrested citizen to be forced to undress in front of other prisoners and possibly undergo a full on body cavity search all without the chance to defend his accusation in court. I could go on,but you get the point. I am not so sure the people want privacy. Or maybe they think so lowly of their freedoms,short term safety is always more preferable. From the intelligence community's perspective, it's all about information control. They do this in other countries. They topple regimes and adjust public opinion in the inteterests of western security and economical goals. If I was in their shoes, I can see myself using fear of other countries doing the same thing against us and use that as an excuse to "beat them to the punch" and take control of information flow in the west. They simply don't have the clear consent of the people to use the means they use by which they justify the end goal: national security. Regardless of how oblivious and clueless the people may be, the very foundation of a democratic republic is consent. An agent or officer of any democratic republic who persistently acts in subversion of the people's consent is a traitor even if no particular law is broken. [1] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/how_the_nsa_att.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/how_the_nsa_a... [2] https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/german-intelligence-first-developed-attacks-tor-network-advises-not-use/ https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/german-intelligence-f...