Here's the thing though - if people aren't going to revolt when the TSA literally gropes their genitals, there is little else they are going to protest, certainly not something far less tangible.
In fact, it's the opposite - we have common people who react by defending the TSA doing this to millions for the single idiot they might catch someday. Now it has spread to bus stations, trains and even roadblocks - and still, no-one protests.
So this will never be defeated, even if the headlines of every newspaper and news program tomorrow was "government saving every email that everyone has ever sent or received".
As long as they can go shopping at the mall or go fishing on the weekends, they have the illusion they are "free" and don't mind all the war and unreasonable intrusions into their privacy.
In fact, it's the opposite - we have common people who react by defending the TSA doing this to millions for the single idiot they might catch someday. Now it has spread to bus stations, trains and even roadblocks - and still, no-one protests.
So this will never be defeated, even if the headlines of every newspaper and news program tomorrow was "government saving every email that everyone has ever sent or received".
As long as they can go shopping at the mall or go fishing on the weekends, they have the illusion they are "free" and don't mind all the war and unreasonable intrusions into their privacy.