To Owen:
I'm concerned that those things are bi-products of a greater agenda.
Those things happening are great.
Why aren't they catching drug dealers with all this available to them?
There are cameras everywhere in usa now.
You really can't go out of your home and not be watched.
It's not just in town, it's anywhere you can see sky.
"There were 80% more arrests for drug possession or use in 2010 than in 1990. Even though the rate declined between 2006 and 2010, the arrest rate for drug possession or use in 2010 was still 46% above its 1990 level and was at levels similar to those seen between 1997 and 2002."
Source:
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4515They probably ARE using the information to catch drug and violence offenders, that's the whole point in them keeping/collecting the information. I don't think they're collecting the information to have a giggle at what some people browse on the internet.
Also, regarding some of this information, as far as I'm aware the only information they get is time/location of texts/calls being placed. They don't get the actual information sent between them without a warrant.
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one"