The general public have shown time and again that they don't really care about privacy. And the movies have convinced them that the government can monitor anyth

The general public have shown time and again that they don't really care about privacy. And the movies have convinced them that the government can monitor anything at any time already (but only use it for catching crooks), so what's to lose? The minority of the population who are tech-savvy enough to know this is going to be a complete disaster are unimportant in politician's eyes - no-one listens to us nerds in the corner doing nerd stuff.