I had to laugh when I read this article on the BBC website. Note the graphic which explains it all! Is that all cleared up for you now?
Let’s be honest. If that graphic really does explain something to you, you really haven’t got a clue what the story is all about, have you?
On a more serious note, though, the USA has really given itself a black eye over this. In the latest revelations, it created a spoof Facebook server which could deliver malware in order to increase its spying capabilities. This is on top of previous revelations that they had hidden access to Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple servers (amongst others). And all this was on top of the tapping of Angela Merkel’s phone.
Going back to the original link, though, you can’t help wonder if you’re missing something when the founder of a company which spies like all get out on its users comes over all sanctimonious when someone spies on him or his organisation.