cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14393091

NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden

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These monolithic internet companies all have entities in other countries and are beholden to laws of said countries.

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The NSA violates the laws of the US. What makes you think they care about other countries’ laws?

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They don’t. They actively work with them to bypass all legal anti-mass-surveillance frameworks in place.

If you think you’re safe from the global internet surveillance dragnet just because you don’t live in the US, then boy do I have some news for you.

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It’s true, people living in Russia and China will safe from this.

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