User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-24170330-20140205005836/@comment-72.172.192.144-20140205013259

its not about the fact that people have things to hide but it makes private conversations which may or may not hold company secrets or some unpatented ideas/formulas get stored in more places than necessary. all it takes is one slip up, one pissed off employee, or even a skilled hacker(depending on the nsa's security which i have no idea how well they guard their surveilance information). not to mention if only select parts of a conversation get leaked for any reason it could ruin a lot of peoples reputations even though they did/said nothing wrong. would you trust a random government employee that you have never met to read what you want to keep private? i know i wouldnt.