I agree there are bad actors involved, but we must set intent to make things better. Making blaming statements "who is going to take this seriously" isn't going to help matters much, but I hear your frustration.

I would point out that the laws in Germany provide means to protect companies (in Germany) from disclosing personal information to the intelligence agencies there. While the BND may be spying on France for the NSA, that doesn't mean they'd be as ready or able to do that to German company. Not saying they would or wouldn't, just that it's a different scenario, and one we can't predict until we have more information.

Well, look at that: http://www.dw.de/german-intelligence-agency-halts-internet-m...