Illegal? No, the gestapo is never illegal. They are the law.
See, we just passed this law, 3 seconds ago that retroactively makes it legal for them to do so.
There are black boxes on ever single large fiber node. And yes, they are black.
F-c-book was a spying program... that was sold as "social media". So, whatever information is not gathered, stored and sorted, was not because it was against privacy, but because they just didn't think to do that yet.
So, do you embrace the complete lack of privacy? Or do you go off grid & net?
It's incredible how it's hard to get away from Facebook and the likes. In my last phone I never even installed Facebook. Yet the new android update install Facebook on your phone without your consent.
I'm sure they can spy on you without even installing the damn app or even opening an account, but not sure what to do about it.
You're right though, for anyone who wants a complete lack of privacy, going off the grid may be the only option I'm afraid.