You mean compared to the outstanding amount of privacy and security we have from private corporations like AT&T and Verizon, who repeatedly assure us that none

You mean compared to the outstanding amount of privacy and security we have from private corporations like AT&T and Verizon, who repeatedly assure us that none of the data we use for personal business is ever wholesale disclosed to or split off to a shadowy government agency? Never mind that this is dark fiber capacity being leased by a private company. They're using the glass in the ground and attaching their own equipment to it.