NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show (2013)

Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by uola on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @06:32AM (#11992640)

Partly true. Europeans have fairly good opportunities to influence domestic and regional issues. Probably better than the in the US. For instance look at how the data retention directive was invalidated [0]. That said, support for US misconduct in Europe is still surprisingly strong. From US companies paying less tax than European counterparts to blatant spying or kidnapping. I'm not sure what the answer here is other than being more aware of our own interests as persons, nations and regions.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Retention_Directive

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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by knz on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @02:06PM (#11996030)

> From US companies paying less tax than European counterparts to blatant spying or kidnapping.

It's a little naive to assume that European countries do not have similar banking issues. Between Switzerland, London, the Channel Islands, Monaco, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands there is more than enough dodgy banking to compete with the US

Likewise with spying and kidnapping - the major European powers have been playing those "games" (and worse) since long before 1776. Extraordinary rendition did not happen without the knowledge of European governments and the UK in particular has a long association with many of the countries where those picked up were interrogated/tortured in.

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