[dralley]

PRISM was not a backdoor into company networks, it was a system by which the companies involved submitted data that was requested through the normal legal channels. You can dispute how valid those legal channels are, but the point is this is widely misunderstood.

Comparing it against the government having "god credentials" to the entire backend is disingenuous.

[roenxi]

There are some logical weaknesses there. Do you think the CCP is acting against the wishes of the Chinese government? Obviously what is happening in China is being done through the normal legal channels. The government knows about this and isn't about to prosecute anyone.

The US government is spying on literally everyone. You can't name anyone who has a web presence and isn't caught in the dragnet.

[chrisco255]

The CCP is the Chinese government. They are one and the same. I don't think you seem to understand much at all about the sophistication of Chinese electronic surveillance.

[ngc248]

>>> Do you think the CCP is acting against the wishes of the Chinese government? Obviously what is happening in China is being done through the normal legal channels.

CCP is the Chinese government. They are the law. when you say normal legal channels, it is not the same "normal" as in democratic countries.

[woooooo]

No legal channels necessary for non-US citizens. The government just asks and the companies just comply, because why not.