Not that it isn't (or shouldn't be considered) a problem, or that we don't need more discussion and transparency about the whole thing — but the more-righteous-than-thou foreign governmental responses to NSA and PRISM, et al., have always seemed to me a bit dubious.
Reshared post from +Ars Technica
France also scoops up phone, Internet metadata on its citizens http://ars.to/17XUPr6
France also scoops up phone, Internet metadata on its citizens
“Perfectly illegal,” says newspaper.