The NSA has been found to destroy the trust even US companies have, by spying on everything. As a result everyone is going to want to take their privacy more se

The NSA has been found to destroy the trust even US companies have, by spying on everything. As a result everyone is going to want to take their privacy more seriously, now that they know they can't trust US companies/government. So I don't know why that's a surprise. It's not only the expected outcome, but the desirable outcome. NSA or not, Snowden has also showed "normal people" that stuff they do on the Internet really isn't very private at all, even if when typing it on their computers alone at home "feels private". So that's a great outcome, too, the fact that people have learned the way the Internet really works, and not have a false perception about it anymore. If we all start using Signal and TextSecure, we'll all be safer from all bad actors.