> For anyone who's been paying attention to the darker subtext of the PRISM scandal, you can draw the uncomfortable conclusion that the government is saying: "H

> For anyone who's been paying attention to the darker subtext of the PRISM scandal, you can draw the uncomfortable conclusion that the government is saying: "Hey, tech sector, guess what--the halcyon days of your industry ignoring us are over. We matter, we command, and you obey. Get back into line." You're the first I've seen to explicitly come to this phrasing, but I can't help thinking that this might be exactly what enrages me so much about their policies. It feels like being lectured on appropriate behaviour by a pack of half blind chronically delusional half wits who even on top of their massive deficiencies and ignorance have the nerve to condescend in their demands. Their laughably unjustified hubris needs to bite them, hard.