And there's others, Israel, German's BND literally handing over most of Europe's internet traffic to the NSA...
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The same reason you as a non-American had that flag on your wall, is why you hear so much about the US. I'm an immigrant to this country and have lived in plenty of other places
Over the years people's opinions of the US in other countries have gone from overly positive compared to reality, to overly negative compared to reality, mostly because of the amount of scrutiny the country gets (and how much the media here thrives on turmoil, no one is quicker to insult America than Americans)
You're definitely free to think that...
Five Eyes and the customer lists for companies like Cellebrite definitely tell a different story.
Americans seem to make more noise about it for sure, there are more people willing to loudly oppose these kinds of things
UK: https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/15/4524208/uk-border-police-...
Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/25/sydney-airport...
Canada: http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/6/8162337/iphone-unlock-borde...
And there's others, Israel, German's BND literally handing over most of Europe's internet traffic to the NSA...
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The same reason you as a non-American had that flag on your wall, is why you hear so much about the US. I'm an immigrant to this country and have lived in plenty of other places
Over the years people's opinions of the US in other countries have gone from overly positive compared to reality, to overly negative compared to reality, mostly because of the amount of scrutiny the country gets (and how much the media here thrives on turmoil, no one is quicker to insult America than Americans)