Why does it even matter.

     This is the most ridiculous argument brought about by emotional and unneccesarily bitchy people. Excuse the language. The National Security Agency (NSA) collects data on everyone. From what I have researched, they have done a pretty damn good job at making what they really do seem less than absolutely morally wrong, too. According to the NSA, most communications collected are destroyed. Guess what they tend to keep? They keep the encrypted data. Why the hell are you encrypting your data in the first place?! Who knows... perhaps Americans have a good excuse for wanting to go the extent of encryption for their texts, emails, and other forms of communication. Maybe they are massively paranoid. Maybe they are trying to prevent a cyber attack on them or stolen identity. Again, who knows. What I do know and what seems rational is the NSA keeps these pieces of encrypted data to maintain their cryptanalysis. Now if somewhere along the lines of their decryption of your messages they find you are a potential terrorist then good for them and bad for you. You messed up in the first place by choosing that career path. Don't get mad because the NSA caught you. The NSA also has huge databases of every email address, home address, phone number, and anything else you could probably think of on the American people. When a number or message crosses over into the country and is not in one of these databases then they take a look at you and if you aren't a stupid terrorist then everything should be fine! You will never even know someone took a second look at you.
      Basically what this all boils down to is some people are upset because they have lost their false sense of privacy. Notice the word "false". Your privacy was never there to begin with. The government is always watching and always has and probably always will. Do you really think a national agency is going to give two shits whether or not you lost your best friend? Do you think they care about the nudes you sent to your boyfriend or girlfriend? Absolutely not. IT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. They deal with matters much bigger than the one person out of over 300 million Americans. Get over yourself. The only matter that slightly worries me is the overseas spying. Once you start spying on world leaders, you are heading into dangerous waters, my friend. Until this agency jeopardizes my own safety, though, why shouldn't I be fine with it? To the average American, this topic should not matter one bit and that's just the way it is (word to Tupac).