User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-8140937-20140205192409/@comment-4811793-20140205192806

I think it's certainly true to say that standards of privacy have rapidly shifted over the years with the advent of the internet and other telecommunication tools. The sphere of what is and isn't private has shifted and re-shifted any number of times. Consider: what you used buy at the local general store wasn't truly "private" as anyone could see you shop for it and carry it down the street. The only difference is that now when you search and shop for things online there is a much more stable and accesible paper trail. Our information footprint has increased exponentially and surveillance technology hasn't totally synched up with our cultural and legal expectations (and vice-versa).