Industrial espionage and political spying (domestically) are what bother me the most. I actually don't mind gov/mil vs. gov/mil spying (except to the extent it is a waste of resources which should be spent on more productive things, like environmental remediation, tech development, education, debt, etc.) -- it's gov vs. people which is the problem.
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yes: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...
Search for 'Air France'. There's a whole list of industrial espionage incidents there, given as evidence to the European parliament.
Industrial espionage and political spying (domestically) are what bother me the most. I actually don't mind gov/mil vs. gov/mil spying (except to the extent it is a waste of resources which should be spent on more productive things, like environmental remediation, tech development, education, debt, etc.) -- it's gov vs. people which is the problem.