I'm curious if it's a internet/tech/silicon valley thing, or something else. One theory: Most of the telecos are mostly USA based companies, where as Google/Fa

I'm curious if it's a internet/tech/silicon valley thing, or something else. One theory: Most of the telecos are mostly USA based companies, where as Google/Facebook/Twitter/Microsoft/Apple/Yahoo have a large amount of customers/business outside the USA. So to some people outside the USA, it becomes "Don't use Google/Microsoft, the US Government can see what you do", which is different from US customers thinking "If you use this teleco, then your government can see what you do."