It may seem so. With Wired Magazine now talking about wearing a tinfoil hat and why you would consider doing so. Additionally the Google-FBI-CIA blather has folks up in arms over the android (google phone software) phones reporting every keystroke back to some main servers for unknown purposes. With Government sponsored software activating your web cam and microphones as well as monitoring your laptop for all it does and accesses and where it is at all times basically we have completely lost all privacy.
With the Chinese accessing our secure utility and military sites they could and are likely collecting damming information on people in key positions to use to control those people at a critical time.
9 Reasons Wired Readers Should Wear Tinfoil Hats | Threat Level | Wired.com.