It is not "for our safety". They have used it, to name a case, for commercial secret stealing, like they did with Petrobras a decade ago https://www.huffpost.co

It is not "for our safety". They have used it, to name a case, for commercial secret stealing, like they did with Petrobras a decade ago https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nsa-spying-on-petrobras-f_b_3965148 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nsa-spying-on-petrobras-f_b_3... It can and it is abused, both in systemic way and in individuals and companies in that ecosystem. That probably is the main goal, surveillance didn't acted to protect in some big events that they knew in advance because "priorities".