Foreign governments can't oppress me except by invading my country. Which they might succeed at if my government does not have an effective intelligence network - the government which I depend on to protect me from that.
My own government shouldn't oppress me, and a big part of that is guaranteeing that we maintain appropriate rights and discretion in the surveillance of our own citizens.
This idea that any of this has anything to do with some universal right to privacy is farcical and naive.
> Foreign governments can't oppress me except by invading my country.
In the 21st century, yes they can. If America wants to make some foreign person's life extremely difficult, they can do that without invading that country. Maybe not as easily, but they'll do it. See the Pirate Bay trials, the MegaUpload raid, WikiLeaks, etc.
> This idea that any of this has anything to do with some universal right to privacy is farcical and naive.
My own government shouldn't oppress me, and a big part of that is guaranteeing that we maintain appropriate rights and discretion in the surveillance of our own citizens.
This idea that any of this has anything to do with some universal right to privacy is farcical and naive.