The National Security Letter spy tool has been uncloaked

Quote from the article:

... the most intimate details of our lives, including our political activities, religious affiliations, private relationships, and even our private thoughts and beliefs ...

Now that everything is digital, we as technologists need to raise the awareness and let people know the things that we know about data. There are ways to build products that don't require this unfettered information (FB login, for real? you need my FB account to use your silly web app?) or do not store unnecessary information.

"Freedom from tyranny" <-- Please bake that into your digital products and services.