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> Every civilized nation behaves differently, at least towards citizens of allied nations. You're definitely free to think that... Five Eyes and the customer

> Every civilized nation behaves differently, at least towards citizens of allied nations. You're definitely free to think that... Five Eyes and the customer lists for companies like Cellebrite definitely tell a different story. Americans seem to make more noise about it for sure, there are more people willing to loudly oppose these kinds of things UK: https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/15/4524208/uk-border-police-seize-download-mobile-phone-data-under-anti-terror-law https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/15/4524208/uk-border-police-... Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/25/sydney-airport-seizure-of-phone-and-laptop-alarming-say-privacy-groups https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/25/sydney-airport... Canada: http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/6/8162337/iphone-unlock-border-agents-canada http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/6/8162337/iphone-unlock-borde... And there's others, Israel, German's BND literally handing over most of Europe's internet traffic to the NSA... - The same reason you as a non-American had that flag on your wall, is why you hear so much about the US. I'm an immigrant to this country and have lived in plenty of other places Over the years people's opinions of the US in other countries have gone from overly positive compared to reality, to overly negative compared to reality, mostly because of the amount of scrutiny the country gets (and how much the media here thrives on turmoil, no one is quicker to insult America than Americans)

tempsolution 6y ago
No that's not how things work. The US came from a savior position after WWII and then started acting like child who's lollypop was stolen. They committed an unimaginable range of atrocities in their useless wars in countries that wanted to stop trading in dollars, then came 9/11 and things went even more downhill. The truth is: The US is now judged by people in other countries how it really is. It's not overly negative compared to reality. If you are a superpower you are measured by a higher standard than a normal country. With power comes great responsibility, and the US currently has about zero.

tempsolution 6y ago

No that's not how things work. The US came from a savior position after WWII and then started acting like child who's lollypop was stolen. They committed an unimaginable range of atrocities in their useless wars in countries that wanted to stop trading in dollars, then came 9/11 and things went even more downhill. The truth is: The US is now judged by people in other countries how it really is. It's not overly negative compared to reality. If you are a superpower you are measured by a higher standard than a normal country. With power comes great responsibility, and the US currently has about zero.