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Actually I would prefer to be snooped on by a foreign country, because they have less influence on me.
by lignuist 13y ago
Actually I would prefer to be snooped on by a foreign country, because they have less influence on me.
- furyg3 13y agoI'm not so sure. I think these guys are all in it together ("Hey, could you spy on our citizens and let us know if there are any terrorists? We're not allowed to do it"). In a democracy, I'd rather that the actual snooping was done by my own government, as (theoretically) I could do something about it. I can file a lawsuit, or elect new representatives. Not that this always works, but at least it's something.
- hopeless 13y agoI've made the same argument before: Fear the power closest to you. I have little to fear from the US or China spying on me because they have (realistically, discounting e.g. Seal Team Six) much less control over me than the Irish government. But that only holds true because I'm not travelling to the US and I'm not doing anything they'd care^ about. If I was doing something that the US government cared about, then it doesn't really matter where I am. ^ i.e., illegal, dangerous, hostile etc. FYI: I'm a boring regular guy