We‘ve talked plenty about the near total failure of the NSA and others in the intelligence community to consider the costs associated with their „collect it all“ mentality. Much of the intelligence community‘s views seem based on the idea that the surveillance efforts would always remain totally secret. The NSA, in particular, appears to have never thought it possible that something like the Snowden revelations might happen, and the intelligence community still seems to be scrambling to figure out what to do in response. In the meantime, however, the impact on the internet has been very real and ongoing. Senator Ron Wyden — who was one of very, very, very few politicians in DC to be talking out (loudly) about this prior to Snowden — is coming to Silicon Valley tomorrow for what looks to be quite a discussion with some top execs from the tech industry about the „impact of mass surveillance on the digital economy.“