I'm far more concerned by the/my impression that the public seems to have accepted total surveillance as "the new normal". A lot of this is also a political /

I'm far more concerned by the/my impression that the public seems to have accepted total surveillance as "the new normal". A lot of this is also a political / legal question; has the public ever been deeply interested in privacy questions? My (naive?) guess is no, but the judicial branch has historically done an okay job of representing the public interest, and giant scandals (like Nixon) have moved legislators.