They've always been tracking us...however if our Gov. doesn't stay active with tech updates and utilizes them...well...you can bet other countries ARE and will proceed without us....thus leaving us all the more vulnerable.
I don't think the NSA is ignoring the data....I do think their hands are often tied, just like our police and military.
I have friends in the police force as well as military...it's disgusting the regulations they have to abide by.....while the criminals and our foreign enemies have none... We muzzle our people for the sake of some idiot complaining because they fell and sued while taking a breathalizer test. At work i can't interfer if i see an individual pounding on his kid....because of lawsuites. Our military has lawyers with them to determine if or not firing on the enemy is legal or not. And now we have the american people who refuse to see we ARE no longer free from the attacks and invasions other countries have had to deal with all along....yet we clamor for that freedom...
Caww I think each of us can see instances where data collection is necessary. The problem is, it’s a give and take topic. They push. We push back.
How much data collection is too much? Since this data is subject to extreme abuse, it can be used to control just about anyone it amounts to massive danger.
With this information, just about anyone is subject to blackmail of some sort. Business secrets are available. Secured communications can be captured and deciphered.
We are messing with total destruction here.