I see this comment as more like diverting attention away from what the government is doing. If the companies' data collection is bothering us, we should regulate it. One easy and onerous data requirement could be to require sharing all data you store about someone with the person when requested. So linked in and Facebook would need to share all the shadow profiles that create about non users but also the advertising signals they store about us. Make it easy and profitable for someone to whistleblow if there non compliance and award them lets say $10MM per non compliance.

OK now let's talk about the government. Remember when China PR put microphones in taxis for the Olympics? Do we aspire to become that?