I agree that what the NSA did was bad, but I really don't understand your anti government stance.
The main problem with those NSA programs is not that spying is evil (it's necessary and it's part of defending your country against many different types of threat), the problem is that this spying program, as a tool, could be used for other things than security purposes. This is in fact very worrying and it's what Snowden complains about: this massive chest of data was not encrypted and could be read by many government operatives by means of bribery, or even by individual with political goals.
So the problem has been about how those tools has been designed and managed with very sloppy consideration, and that politicians are not able to fix it because as always, technology is beyond what democracy is about.
What I understand about this scandal is not about trivial corruption in government, it's more about what sort of political problems, technologies can create.
> an almost no reaction from other citizens
I think every citizen who use computers for sensitive purpose, or people who might be the target of spying, are now aware of the NSA, and might have taken precautions that made NSA's job a little more difficult.
I don't think you can really have a protest against the NSA. It's not a simple issue, especially from the technical standpoint.
The main problem with those NSA programs is not that spying is evil (it's necessary and it's part of defending your country against many different types of threat), the problem is that this spying program, as a tool, could be used for other things than security purposes. This is in fact very worrying and it's what Snowden complains about: this massive chest of data was not encrypted and could be read by many government operatives by means of bribery, or even by individual with political goals.
So the problem has been about how those tools has been designed and managed with very sloppy consideration, and that politicians are not able to fix it because as always, technology is beyond what democracy is about.
What I understand about this scandal is not about trivial corruption in government, it's more about what sort of political problems, technologies can create.
> an almost no reaction from other citizens
I think every citizen who use computers for sensitive purpose, or people who might be the target of spying, are now aware of the NSA, and might have taken precautions that made NSA's job a little more difficult.
I don't think you can really have a protest against the NSA. It's not a simple issue, especially from the technical standpoint.