Most people think that right up until it matters.

Ever watched porn? the NSA knows which ones you watch.

Lets pretend you were secretly gay and decided to question the governments authority. They could use that against you, they could threaten to out you unless you stfu and they have done exactly that before.

It's not good to have the NSA collecting this information. What about a rogue employee? a hacker? ANYONE could get access to it. They seem to think that when they place backdoors in software/crypto that only they can use them and that when they collect info only they can access it. Not true at all!

But the problem isn't that the NSA collect it, its that people voluntarily give their private information up. It isn't just the NSA who do this, of course every government is secretly doing it, large corporations are doing it and even criminals. I say let the NSA collect all they like, it's the people that need to stop.