Https is only useful against small hackers, not against the NSA. If the NSA can access all amazon data for example, what good is https? Tell me what good have Snowden's leaks done? Since then government spying systems have become much bigger.

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How does #bitcoin defeat government surveillance?

Directly it cannot do so, only indirectly since governments will not be able to finance themselves by printing FIAT. The economic power of governments in a Bitcion world would be drastically reduced.

The burden of privacy ultimately falls on the user, using tools that make this spying impossible or difficult.