User blog comment:Packachoo/The Next Snowden/@comment-4109796-20160429063908/@comment-4041224-20160429100506

that's ultimately an incorrect approach. of course the government is not primarily interested in reading our chat logs, but the fact that this data is getting collected is part of a much larger issue, namely the assumption that collecting more data makes it more likely to find terrorist groups. you will not make it easier for you find a needle in a haystack by adding more hay, and there is no point in compromising the privacy of responsible and law-abiding citizens for nothing but false premises.

ultimately, target surveillance is the only efficient technique intelligence agencies have used against domestic terrorist groups so far, and there's statistics to prove that.