Nobody gives a shit until the government has some beef with you. Then it becomes the crime of the century.

Actually, no, "every other country is" NOT "spying on every other country".

You think Belgium or France or Poland spies on US citizens phone-calls and Google/FB? Inside the US?

As for "Nobody gives a shit if your torrented a movie", first, we're not talking about Joe Average, that downloads GoT in rural Idaho. We're talking about people that matter to society: writers, investigative journalists, dissidents, hackers, activists, etc. They cared very much what A. Swartz did, for example.

Second, even normal people, downloading a "torrented movie" have been hit with huge fines by RIAA.

Oh, so it's all OK then. Thanks for putting my mind at ease. I realise now that blanket collection of data could never be misused in the way I describe because "nobody gives a shit".