> you really don’t see the difference between a foreign hostile government spying vs the domestic one doing it?
The foreign hostile government can't legally do anything to me based on the information it gains. At worst it can blackmail me or abuse access to accounts, at which point I'll have the protection of my government.
The domestic government can do a lot of damage with the information it gains and importantly, I have little to no recourse. If it makes up an excuse to seize my funds, I can't really do anything. If a three-letter agency blackmails me into doing something, who's going to protect me?
They're both bad but a foreign government spying on me is less bad than a domestic one.
A bit off topic but it sounded like you were implying that domestic was less bad. I believe the reverse.
The foreign hostile government can't legally do anything to me based on the information it gains. At worst it can blackmail me or abuse access to accounts, at which point I'll have the protection of my government.
The domestic government can do a lot of damage with the information it gains and importantly, I have little to no recourse. If it makes up an excuse to seize my funds, I can't really do anything. If a three-letter agency blackmails me into doing something, who's going to protect me?
They're both bad but a foreign government spying on me is less bad than a domestic one.
A bit off topic but it sounded like you were implying that domestic was less bad. I believe the reverse.