Cradle of Surveillance
... administration was pushing for a more intensive search for potential villains lurking within U.S. society. This gave birth to PRISM. PRISM in turn gave birth to Snowden. Snowden essentially changed the public’s attitude toward surveillance from being virtually non-existent to cautious. Recent social surveys show that Americans have become more careful ... ... mistrust among the general public, especially in Western countries. This is the case for Europe and the United States, but not for Singapore . Despite that, some barriers remain, e.g. in the United States you still need a police warrant to bug someone (under ...