Scheier previously wrote his opionion about this subject. I can't find it straight away, but the problem is that militaristic rhetoric presents mass-surveillan

Scheier previously wrote his opionion about this subject. I can't find it straight away, but the problem is that militaristic rhetoric presents mass-surveillance as straightforward and productive, while in reality - the way Schneier presents it - it's not. A very serious problem is also that indiscriminate collection tends to be related to indiscriminate action; there have been some examples in HN in the last times.