[entriesfull]

Can people stop pretending already that these governments actually go through legal systems to backdoor and spy on people??

These patriot act type laws are just there to normalize their spying crimes in your eyes. Also to make people self censor themselves from criticizing their government.

No they don't prevent any sort of attacks because the attackers wouldn't be stupid enough to talk over their personal phones.

Let that sink in. They take away your privacy while not preventing any big attacks.