[sanityUnbounded]

> The CIA is almost certainly ignoring all of that data

Citation needed.

Do you suggest that the data is destroyed after it is deemed unimportant?

If not, that suggests a far more terrifying scenario in which the data is collected and stored in the event that it would need to be brought up at a later date.

[SomeStupidPoint]

I'm suggesting it's not collected in the first place, no bugs exist on any if those computers or phones, etc.

That's what ignoring it means: it only exists in whatever fleeting capacity the local devices capture it, and the CIA has no interest in capturing or analyzing it.

[baakss]

"They can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you've ever made, every friend you've ever discussed something with, and attack you on that basis to sort of derive suspicion from an innocent life and paint anyone in the context of a wrongdoer." -Edward Snowden

Sorry, but I don't buy that they aren't in the business of data collection. I'll buy that they don't have the time to analyze everything if there's not a compelling need, but the data does exist and is readily available to be abused at any time.