That's how a reasonable american feels about this. Imagine what is now being felt by people who aren't U.S. citizens, who aren't protected by the U.S. constitu

That's how a reasonable american feels about this. Imagine what is now being felt by people who aren't U.S. citizens, who aren't protected by the U.S. constitution, but who use the same services and who now have their personal data under the noses of the NSA! Imagine how we feel every time Obama or other U.S. government officials try to reassure americans that it's okay and everything is all right because U.S. citizens are protected! As Woz predicts, most people outside the U.S. are going to ignore this just as most people inside the U.S. will. Some might even laugh! "Haha. Look at the silly americans. They're acting like a banana republic again!". However, at least some of us feel deeply betrayed. Gmail, facebook, and other social/cloud services run by U.S. companies might be constantly trying to sell us stuff, but until now we could reasonably expect U.S. companies to behave according to laws we expect from a free and open first-world democracy. Instead, now we have found out that U.S. laws are being applied to force these companies to violate our privacy, and if we're not U.S. citizens we have absolutely no idea how far it goes. Facebook: goodbye. Dropbox: goodbye. Gmail: goodbye. Sadly, that's only the start. I'm Canadian. After the patriot act was passed, there was some concern about the privacy implications North of the border. For example Canadian banks, such as CIBC, often outsource some financial services to U.S. companies, and the patriot act greatly reduced the requirements for gaining access to our personal information through this conduit. When this happened it greatly concerned some people, but most of us laughed it off and said that we didn't need to worry if we didn't have a shady account in the Cayman's! No longer. CIBC: goodbye. Am I overreacting? Am I paranoid? The sickening thing is I have no idea what the U.S. will do with all this information about me they have access to. They have no accountability to me and under their laws I have no rights. I am a non-citizen on foreign soil. I am the enemy. I can either try to ignore this or I can start avoiding companies that have anything to do with the U.S. as much as possible. This protects me and allows me to exert the only influence that I, as a foreigner, have on the U.S.: I can deny U.S. companies my money.