The problem I'd personally have with Paymill is that they are part of the Samwers' game. And they like to copy businesses that work well (financial numbers being probably the best way to find out about it).
I do NOT give a fuck about any favors. I don't care about any fucking karma points - we're turning into a turn-key totalitarian system, and people act like nothing has changed.
I'll say it again, because I was immediately downvoted into invisibility:
You CAN NOT continue to use products and services by NSA companies like Microsoft - Yahoo - Google - Facebook - PalTalk - AOL - Skype - YouTube - or Apple and THEN turn around and BITCH AND CRY ABOUT LOSING YOUR RIGHTS AND PRIVACY.
This is completely INSANE, you NEED TO WAKE UP!
EDIT: Yeah, let the censuring begin again. You know what? When I look at the people here on HackerNews, I'm beginning to see a SOCIETY THAT ACTUALLY WANTS TO BE FUCKED - DEEPLY EVEN.
"As people worldwide chat, browse and post images through online services, much of the information flows within the technological reach of US surveillance. [...]"
The citizen is the Principal who mandates the Agent (the government) to do something for him.
Now, if the Agent fucks up (and I'm sure we all agree that this has been the case worldwide for a very long time now), it becomes the responsibility of the Principal to replace the Agent with the right one. And this applies not just to single politicians but to entire political structures.
Yes, the US can threaten every EU nation individually, with the help of the remaining EU nations. The punishment is isolation and it's called playing nations off against each other. It's a nice game theory thingy.