&gt; <i>I think maybe you&#x27;re engaging in a ridiculous level of paranoia. </i><p>One of the interesting effects of the Snowden revelations was how what is considered &quot;paranoid&quot; changed.<p>Pre-Snowden, if you thought that the USA government was definitly spying on everyone, you&#x27;d be considered a bit paranoid.<p>And well... Snowden told us those paranoid people were right...