It’s not Facebook, Google, and the others that worry me; they mostly just want to sell you ads and make your products more convenient. It’s the national military of the place in which those companies (and troves of data) reside, which is known to suspend due process and human rights (including without limitation torturing people, summary executions without trial (google “al awlaki”), and imprisoning people indefinitely without trial) whenever they feel like it, for whatever reason they wish (including simply embarassing them in the media). It’s abso-fucking-lutely terrifying.

I don’t fear Google one bit. I fear the out-of-control US military which has access, at will, to all of Google’s data, with or without a court order, should they ever desire it strongly enough.