One of the ways the NSA and security services get so much intelligence on targets isn't by direct decryption of what they are storing in data or listening in.

One of the ways the NSA and security services get so much intelligence on targets isn't by direct decryption of what they are storing in data or listening in. A great deal with their intelligence is simply metadata intelligence. They watch what you do. They watch the amount of data you transport. They watch your patterns of movement. So even if eight of us is providing direct security and encryption in the sense of what most security professionals are concerned with key strength etc etc etc, Eddie of us still has a great deal about of information about what you do, because they get to watch how much data moves from where to where and other information about what those machines are