Any time I read this type of article, I keep recalling what irritated the hell out of me with the Snowden leaks and responses of US citizens. To paraphrase: &quot;It&#x27;s terrible they&#x27;re spying on US citizens (but everyone else is fair game, geez, whack a splicer in that fibre channel asap)&quot;.<p>The US has reinvented the concept of borderlines on the Internet with what the NSA&#x2F;TLAs have been up to. I&#x27;d say that&#x27;s a distinct step backwards.