[Shanea93]

I found it interesting to swap some of the words around to draw a corollary against governments spying on their own citizens:

Honestly, I don't think it really matters if your citizens are OK with it or not. They are still citizens and you are responsible for them.

If they are politicians and have a say in the service, then fine, that's another story.

But until then, I don't think it even matters. Seriously, I feel people just don't understand how the government feels.

[che_shirecat]

I was okay with this analogy until the politicians vs. citizens part. Maybe you should reconsider how bonkers your children : 18-yr old independent children :: citizens : politicians sounds

[Shanea93]

It's a pretty good analogy for the United Kingdom, at least, with the recently passed Snoopers Charter which gives unlimited access to a large number of government agency to the browsing information for all citizens, with the exception of politicians.