Comment by jeletonskelly

It's part of the shadowy arms race that's been taking place for the last few decades in cyber space. The public has been kept mostly in the dark about it; either because the details are too technical and/or the stakes are ambiguous. Unfortunately it's lead to a world where every country says "if they're doing it then we have to, because if we don't they will have capabilities we don't." Legal barriers, liberties, and rights are damned when the security of our technological society is at risk. It's really concerning.