[josho]

The difference is that intelligence gathering after obtaining a subpoena is an acceptable practice. The heat that the US was under was for their mass surveillance of its own population.

[xwolfi]

Don't forget https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/business/us-snooping-on-c...

[roywiggins]

UK, South Africa recently both acknowledged that they do bulk collection too.

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3164/two-states-a...

The US got there first, but it seems other countries have been rapidly catching up.