The difference is that our computing devices have become an extension of our very being. Our thoughts, actions, and interactions are recorded at a granular leve

The difference is that our computing devices have become an extension of our very being. Our thoughts, actions, and interactions are recorded at a granular level never before possible in history, we often don't know what is actually being recorded, and that data can be stored cheaply, transfered instantly, replicated, and searched for mere pennies. To expand on your comment, I can go in my file cabinet and flip through papers I have chosen to keep with data that I chose to write down, and then drop it in the trash can. It's physical and tangible and it doesn't have a record of who I called, where I went for breakfast, or what I ordered. Our founding fathers were very clear on their intent with regards to how they viewed governments imposing on the private lives of citizens.