It's called "making the haystack bigger" in relation to finding the needle in the haystack. In other words mass surveillance increases the noise rather than the

It's called "making the haystack bigger" in relation to finding the needle in the haystack. In other words mass surveillance increases the noise rather than the signal, which we've always know it does. The government just doesn't care because in the end mass surveillance allows it to target anyone at will without real judicial oversight for each person being investigated.