Quote"It's not just the state," says Appelbaum. "If it wanted to, Google could overthrow any country in the world. Google has enough dirt to destroy every marriage in America."

Absolutely fascinating article on Jacob Appelbaum, leading evangelist for the Tor project, which allows people to surf anonymously on the internet.  A long article, but well worth your time

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/meet-the-american-hacker-behind-wikileaks-20101201

Now THAT was a fascinating article.  Yeah there is way too much data being collected on all of us, for little reason other than, "because we can." Scary.