IamBillBinney

The biggest threat to U.S. citizens is the U.S. government.

Fire everyone in DC!

There is NO oversight of NSA spending! They are not audited at all.

Yes. See the program Fairview.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/US-990_Fairview_Map_-_crop.jpg

Estimate of 80% collection of content (inc. text and audio) and metadata in the Upstream program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstream_collection

Most of them did not like the program and opposed it (Stellar Wind). But the vast population of NSA are ISTJ on the Myers Briggs scale, which means they are afraid to stand up and oppose things to avoid conflicts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator

Use smoke signals! With NSA's budget of over $10bill a year, they have more resources to acquire your data than you can ever hope to defend against.

This has to be addressed in law and legislation. Call your local governmental representative and complain, otherwise, if you sit and do nothing... you are fucked!!!