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I guess I am a little paranoid. Even though I have never been accused of a crime and had to defend myself (except for some speeding tickets when I was younger) I don't like the idea of my government requiring communication companies to maintain records of my private affairs and correspondence in the off chance that I may be committing a crime and they may want to get a warrant for them someday.
I guess if the technology was capable of recording every activity and word a person uttered in their lifetime an argument could be made that the government has the right to maintain these lifetime recordings in case they ever wanted to get a warrant for them. Even if they never get a warrant it seems like just recording our activities is a violation of privacy.
I think they should have to get a warrant just to require the ISPs, telcoms, etc.. to begin keeping tabs on us. All other citizens should be considered law abiding and expect their activities to remain private unless there are good legal reasons (a warrant) to monitor them.
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