Its a little easier than that, but frankly the way data is stored now is the problem. Currently people just kind of "trust" that their service providers aren't

Its a little easier than that, but frankly the way data is stored now is the problem. Currently people just kind of "trust" that their service providers aren't looking, and now we know that the NSA is looking. But, the NSA has been looking at traffic since the 90s with Eschelon and Carnivore, so this isn't really new information.