The Patriot Act has been weaponized by the Federal Government.

They said Americans did not have to worry about individual freedom.

Wellll, let's just tell the FISA courts a miniscule truth stretching for continued surveillance on a political candidate.  It's all in the name of Democracy.

Cell phones, debit/credit cards, smart TVs, GPS, laptops, I pads, scanning devices, QR codes, social media, online medical records, mail order prescriptions, online purchases, store discount cards, reward programs, electronic banking transaction, internet searches, in home security cameras, doorbell cameras, baby monitors, every single electronic transaction you make or device you use is collecting and storing your personal data for the gov't.
Big Brother has been watching you for decades and you don't even realize it.
And they did it by convincing you that it would make every thing you do so much more easier and convenient. And they will use it to control you. Think I'm kidding? Ask the Canadian truckers that were protesting vaccine mandates a couple years ago in Ottawa that had their bank accounts frozen by the gov't. as a way to halt their protest.
to get them to stop their protest.