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How do we know that there isn't another super secretive program, right now, that is still collecting everything?

How can we trust the Government, ever in the future, to tell the truth?

I don't see how this can actually be solved, since most people aren't concerned about encrypting their communications. I can't use encryption to message other people unless they use encryption too.

This is the future. We will be constantly watched.

Please tell me I'm wrong.

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> I don't see how this can actually be solved, since most people aren't concerned about encrypting their communications.

They shouldn't need to be. Encryption is cheap, it should happen automatically behind users backs by default.

> I can't use encryption to message other people unless they use encryption too.

Build the next WhatsApp/Facebook/GMail and integrate encryption to it.

>We will be constantly watched.

Your phones are tapped, your metadata is collected, your internet traffic is watched and stored, and your categorized, organized data online (emails, documents, history, behaviors, etc) is available at the drop of a dime.

What do you mean "will be constantly watched"?

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