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The US spying is subject to a strained but ultimately effective legal and constitutional system. There is no comparison between the US government's transgressio
by crystaln 7y ago
The US spying is subject to a strained but ultimately effective legal and constitutional system. There is no comparison between the US government's transgressions, and the Chinese government's complete unrestricted impunity to spy and infiltrate.
- rustusername 7y agoConstitution doesn't protect me if I'm not a citizen. For example US can tapped the phone of Angela Merkel.
- dna_polymerase 7y agoThe spying is done by intelligence services. Services that have huge reputational problems, largely because they have nothing to fear and all the power. Whatever is going on inside those organizations is completely hidden from the government itself. What Snowden made available has shocked everyone, including those who should oversee the intelligence services.
- crystaln 7y agoIt is still subject to legal constraints, and when exposed there is at least the possibility of consequences and changes. In China it is entirely legal, tolerated, and expected. In China the intrusions can entirely unsubtle and deep, whereas in the US there is at least some balance with legal restraints. These are very different situations. Neither of them are ideal, however equating them is really not accurate.