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I don't believe that the US has any obligation to protect the right to privacy of non-US citizens living in foreign countries. To do so would be to place a burd
by _djo_ 13y ago
I don't believe that the US has any obligation to protect the right to privacy of non-US citizens living in foreign countries. To do so would be to place a burden on it that no other state shares.
It is well-established principle that a country's intelligence agencies, whether human or electronic-focused, are not required to respect the privacy of those in other countries. While you're saying that the NSA should be forbidden from spying on foreign citizens, my own country has no qualms about collecting intelligence on American citizens, which I believe it does regularly, nor does any other state.
The real issue at hand here is why the NSA, an agency ostensibly prevented by law from spying on American citizens, is doing just that.
- lostnet 13y agoIf people believe that your state is actively using whatever data it can obtain for economic reasons (for example to give foreign trade secrets to local companies,) then clearly no foreign company should hire anyone from your country, use your country as a web platform or use any operating system or software developed by your nationals. If everyone moves to local services and infrastructure, that could be beneficial to the export/import situation of many medium size countries. But the US would not benefit. It is heavily invested in exporting these products.