yeah post Snowden there are quite bit of big mistrust in NSA type of gov agency. However, what people ought to focus a bit more on are the tel-co companies (AT&T type of companies). They get all your data, call and location via cellular towel triangulation even with internet turned off. As long as you are using a mobile phone they have a lot personal data about you. and they are NOT subject to public scrutiny as NSA type of gov agency. As bad as government agency they are such as NSA, they are still (or need to make an appearance of) being scrutinized by the public. Yeah and as some said there are red/blue teams in the public agency as well, some are still good public servants.