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>They will keep quiet.

No they won't. The problem is countries you wouldn't even expect to will trade data to get around domestic spying restrictions. If, say, the US compiles big databases on German citizens, and the German government does likewise with Americans, German and American spies can trade and thus get their hands on data they would like to have but can't legally collect.

Once your data is out there, it's out there.




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