Interestingly, here in Germany, the "average person" was much more concerned about data collection by Facebook and Google than by governments. (We even had a he

Interestingly, here in Germany, the "average person" was much more concerned about data collection by Facebook and Google than by governments. (We even had a heated debate about Google Streetview in the mainstream press.) Then the NSA/GCHQ/BND scandal hit and (at least as far as I can tell) now completely overshadows that former concern.