The percentage of people that are impacted by NSA et al is exceedingly small compared to the pain and impact on everyday citizens and companies by disclosures.

The percentage of people that are impacted by NSA et al is exceedingly small compared to the pain and impact on everyday citizens and companies by disclosures. Not all disclosures and for sure an upside but it's out of control and has been for a long time. The government (in the US) does not have the resources to go after everyone who commits a crime and that would assume they are actually scooping up info and know of the crimes (they aren't and they don't). They don't even have the resources to audit tax returns (other than a very small percentage). This idea that you are being watched all the time is fantasy. In the US. Other countries? Unfortunate when that's the case but that does not mean as a US citizen I can't view it as detrimental to me that this type of security disclosure makes it so easy for hackers to do a better job (and it does nobody is going to dispute that fact, right?).