I think you conflating law enforcement/evidence-gathering surveillance (which the NSA does not give a rat's ass about) with national security/intelligence commu

I think you conflating law enforcement/evidence-gathering surveillance (which the NSA does not give a rat's ass about) with national security/intelligence community spying. On all accounts the story is less dire for the former. It is way more likely that your data is protected from the local police than from NSA/CIA.