The thing that's missing in this is not that people don't care , it's that a lot of these things are attached to _useful things_. I like my webcam. I can have

The thing that's missing in this is not that people don't care , it's that a lot of these things are attached to _useful things_. I like my webcam. I can have a skype video chat with someone halfway across the world. Sure, the NSA might watch me in my sleep, and that sucks (I do think rule of law works), but hey. I like that google is data mining my emails. Google Now is amazing, reminds me of things like my flights because it goes through it. If that allows them to show somewhat creepy ads, so be it (google is a lot more subtle with their ads than they could be). The service is cool Also, Rule of Law works. Consumer privacy protection laws exist in the EU, and companies that don't respect it can suffer greatly. So the NSA might not fall under that, but I'm much more comfortable with the NSA looking at me than corporations (though I'd rather have neither). And we _can_ push back on the surveillance apparatus (Church Commission and the like). Really don't need to burn down everything to get things done.