This is an interesting argument. It seems to boil down to, "I don't see the effects of this surveillance, so the trillion dollar corporations who employ thousan

This is an interesting argument. It seems to boil down to, "I don't see the effects of this surveillance, so the trillion dollar corporations who employ thousands of engineers to design the systems must be wasting their time." I have a hard time squaring that circle. Entire industries have deluded themselves in the past, but I'm not willing to be my future behavior on it being the case this time.