Yeah, you can't say a big no-no to private companies doing this and in the same time collect everything on everybody without any good law to back it up, even ab

Yeah, you can't say a big no-no to private companies doing this and in the same time collect everything on everybody without any good law to back it up, even about hobo half around the world as long as they leave any kind of data trail (or somebody else does on their behalf). Somebody may connect the dots and uses it against you in election campaigns. So we are where we are, all politicians are well aware of this topic, all pros and cons, but nobody wants to touch it with 10m pole unless they can somehow spin it into their advantage. But then again, politicians have supporters, donations etc. Can't bite the hand that feeds you, can you. And there is always that cheap argument about 'think about the children...' when terrorists don't terrorize general population enough.