User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-24170330-20140205005836/@comment-24170330-20140205012526

@BobLogical

It is not fear of those "people surveying you over the internet." It is fear of losing privacy and ultimately freedom of expression. I do see how surveillance could be a positive thing, but at one point, it is taken too far.

@Master_Ceadeus_27

People started to report the officials who were conducting these check points and they were pulled back by the state, but not before messing up a lot of families who for some reason did have pending issues with the police (from parking tickets to illegal immigration). The point is that it was not only police, it was three or four government agencies, and they searched without warrants. The procedure went like this: you saw lights ahead on the road. you stopped and waited for your turn through the checkpoint. you were told to leave your vehicle. they searched the car and registered you. (as far as I am aware) The thing is that these checkpoint weren't on rural roads, they were on the way to school or to the store. I'm sure they have happened somewhere else, too.