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They're already intercepting every packet that leaves your modem before it even reaches your ISP. They've got your data before Lemmy even has it.
Lol, how would that work large scale? Or was it tongue in cheek?
No, dude. Did you not pay attention to the Snowden leaks?
Point taken. That's just yours three letter agency though. Ours are blissfully unaware, without resources (or maybe will) to tap sea cables or pay ISPs for direct access.
A number of the Five Eyes have restrictions that they're not supposed to spy on their own nationals. They get around this by having arrangements where they each spy on each other's nationals and then share the data. That way it isn't "spying on their own nationals", it's "a partner country ran across this in the course of their own activities and felt we should be informed".
You see, of course, how those two things are entirely different, right? Nothing to see here ...