User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-4185015-20140205002910/@comment-97.112.184.192-20140205011245

For most people its not that they are afraid something will be found out. Its that the information can be abused to restrict your rights even further. Here is a completely outrageous example: If the government decides they don't like Wikia and want to kill the site they can track all the users who visit regularlly then apply some legal pressure, like a tax audit, to those people to stop them from using the site, thereby killing Wikia.



Also there is no guarantee that the data is stored securely the NSA director, when asked directly “Can you guarantee the data secure?”, said “We can not guarantee that the data is securely.” That should be a big red flag to everyone that it is possible for any number of people with the proper knowledge to access this data and use it against you.



Also, what's keeping the corrupt institution, the government, from sharing this data with people who “ask” for it.



Some food for thought.