Promises of transparency by companies are not tenable when the federal government will sometimes not allow these companies to report when the data is requested: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/microsoft-twitter-rivals-nsa-requests

We don't have to worry that someday this will be a civil rights issue. It is a civil rights issue right now.

I'll go on being charitable with my time, money and talents. But don't quietly gather information about me and then say I'm being charitible. That is like thanking the person you mugged for being charitable.