In other words, the NSA spying is going to get worse.
The article says people would lose faith in the internet? I don’t have any faith in it now.
Well yes, the Spying is going to get worse, but worse still is the possibility that current encryption algorithms may be on the verge of being compromised. That will mean that practically all internet traffic will be able to be intercepted and unencrypted by anyone with decent hacking skills.