Very well put, and why these various spying, leaks, and harassment issues need to be a big deal for everyone. Do we really trust a large institution that no on

Very well put, and why these various spying, leaks, and harassment issues need to be a big deal for everyone. Do we really trust a large institution that no one knows about (and thus has no accountability) to grab just the data they need and that corresponds to other laws? Do we trust the individuals with the power to access all sorts of data to always do so responsibly, to never play games with it? Do we trust the organizations to always deal with it equitably and never put certain political persuasions under greater scrutiny? Do we trust that the retention won't be used to build cases against formerly innocent people after the fact? Whether this is your guy, the last guy was your guy, or whether neither are, this is frightening.