One branch of the government authorizes another to force corporations to hand over all the private communications and information of a large number of citizens, and all foreigners; the majority of the public of that country agrees. Are the companies which are continually compelled to cooperate at fault for seeking to minimize the financial repercussions of this situation? How have these companies betrayed anyone?
The politicians, voters, bureaucrats, and judges involved in these actions have committed a horrible abuse of their fellow citizens, and (depending on your views on moral obligations to foreigners) an even larger number of other people. The companies they are forcing to cooperate have not betrayed the people any more than a taxpayer does when they (are coerced to) pay taxes that fund these programs.
The politicians, voters, bureaucrats, and judges involved in these actions have committed a horrible abuse of their fellow citizens, and (depending on your views on moral obligations to foreigners) an even larger number of other people. The companies they are forcing to cooperate have not betrayed the people any more than a taxpayer does when they (are coerced to) pay taxes that fund these programs.