I think one of the other real concerns is that it's not even as if the government had to be careful when embarking on this journey of increased surveillance.
The public has made it very clear how little they care about their privacy on the Internet when they started adopting things like GMail, Facebook, iCloud, etc. and not just as a convenience, but to actually run and manage their personal lives.
People, businesses, everyone didn't just not resist the New World of digital surveillance, they explicitly begged and pleaded for these new capabilities to be pushed to the fore as a matter of convenience to them.
The public has made it very clear how little they care about their privacy on the Internet when they started adopting things like GMail, Facebook, iCloud, etc. and not just as a convenience, but to actually run and manage their personal lives.
People, businesses, everyone didn't just not resist the New World of digital surveillance, they explicitly begged and pleaded for these new capabilities to be pushed to the fore as a matter of convenience to them.
So who do we blame for this 'new norm'?