Lots of stuff wrong with what you've written: * I made an analogy, of course it isn't a virus - it's information that would have the possibility to wreak havoc

Lots of stuff wrong with what you've written: * I made an analogy, of course it isn't a virus - it's information that would have the possibility to wreak havoc if in the wrong hands. * Nothing has happened to Snowden yet other than being made an enemy of the state. The fact that he is alive is somewhat of a testament to how much he hasn't released. * Nothing of the sort, don't twist my words. Computers are notoriously hard to localize when connected to any network at all, local included. The CIA hacked the firmware of Iranian centrifuges through a massive widespread worm on _all_ computers that were later connected to the nuclear facilities network. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet) * Your location data is a tiny bit of the information that is stored. Phone records, internet usage by downloads and web sites visited, text messages, etc.. are all being logged by the NSA. * It's a work of excessive circumstance, it serves to show an extreme -- give you what would result once steps cross bounds, and don't recede.