How is current government surveillance harming people?

"Are you now or have you ever been a member of [insert name of any political party or organization that has enemies]? read more

Or if they did, they found their voices were drowned out by people shouting about how glorious these people were and asking how it could possibly hurt to give new powers to the government to better protect us. read more

Particularly interesting about government surveillance is that in the United States surveillance is not held to the same standards of accountability&emdash;as the Constitution protects American citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures, physical searches of individuals may not be conducted without a warrant issued by a judge. read more

The people obtaining the information aren’t exactly ‘good people.’ Western governments like that of the UK and US, are trying to stop the ‘bad people’ for the sake of national security, but the people invading our privacy aren’t exactly model citizens either. read more