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Developing mass surveillance technologies is a necessity, but maybe you'd prefer to let it all to China, Russia, or some private techs company who would just sell information to who pay the most?
>muuh spying on citizens
The NSA is the visible parts of it, scan your network, audit your OS, check your smartphone, there is at least ten different entities scanning your everyday life to compile datas and build weapons over it.
Better hope the USA get the strongest on this one, this a race for intelligence.