The thing is, it is of course correct that collecting more data would likely prevent "the next 9/11" whatever that means. Police states are generally very safe, other than the threat posed by the police, obviously. The current compromise of "listen to everything act on almost nothing" is really probably as utopian as it gets from here on out. Technology scales quickly, people adapt slowly, governments don't voluntarily go dark once they have an information stream. The best outcome for everyone is opacity, really.
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