You should care because it'll lead to removing your own personal freedom sooner than you think. It's been said that he who would give up his privacy to gain sec

You should care because it'll lead to removing your own personal freedom sooner than you think. It's been said that he who would give up his privacy to gain security deserves neither privacy nor security. And it's true. When you hand over your privacy, you hand over power to someone else to turn you into a "person with questionable character" or a criminal even if you never were either. Read Mr. Schneier here: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/security_vs_pri.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/security_vs_pr... - his gist is that these all-encompassing activities don't buy us improved security. If they don't get us improved security, they're nothing more than a risk to individuals.