Why would I assume that the FBI/NSA are capturing everything I do online? It's an absurd proposition without a shred of evidence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
The problem with discussions about the NSA on HN is that sense, reasoning and rationality seem to go out the window.
That claim contradicts what Glenn Greenwald says. Why is he wrong?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-...
Null hypothesis. His extraordinary claim required extraordinary evidence, and there was none. It is not up to me to prove a negative.
But this is a pointless conversation. There is something about the topic of the NSA on HN... the debate has no logic or sense.
They are not looking at you specifically but they are keeping your data in case one day they do want to look at you.
But add to it that they will look at every upclick, upvote, downvote, and comment of yours on Hacker News, Reddit, Ars Technica and other popular social media sites.
Theyll know you better than your own mother.
FBI TPB is possibly here to gather more filth to throw around normal people.
Much of what they capture can be stored temporarily for filtering, saving what looks interesting and discarding what isn't.
Sure, we can concede that they aren't storing absolutely everything. The point is: they're storing a lot, and they're trying to store as much as they possibly can.
The mistake you are making is using facts and logic. This is a discussion about the NSA on HackerNews. Facts and logic are of no interest here.
Errrr...