User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-4189499-20140205095839

What I don't understand, and will probably never understand, is why people are so bothered about this. Do you really care if the government knows you ate pizza last night, or broke up with your significant other last week, or or that you really, really like David Tennant? Honestly, I don't even know why the US bothers with the stockpile of data when they could just use Google to find all the same info! I mean seriously, think about this logically. It's not your ex-best friend who now hates your guts and will do anything to destroy your life who is listening. It's mindless computers storing the info from millions of other people, and there is nothing in there that singles your information out as special or important to actually be read by a human being! It's just narcissistic to think otherwise. Also, just think what this information could do to help! Let's say there was a court case being held. The police can then access a large file of potentially extremely valuable evidence to help bring about justice! And just thing, if they could somehow get information regarding a crime before it happens and can stop it, many individuals' lives could be saved! Seems no real loss to have it, and many potential gains. I really don't get what everyone's complaining about! This is nothing like SOPA where serious censorship was threatening. And as I said, most of the information they are collecting about you would probably also have been broadcast to the world through Twitter or Facebook anyway, so it's not like it makes a difference!