European Court ruling condemns mass surveillance

Unrelated to the article: I have taken a quick browse around this site. Their content and supposed mission is very appealing and something i have much respect for. However, as an organization that is fighting for digital rights i don't agree or understand why they use Google's surveillance code (analytics) on this site.

A similar site comparison would be Bruce Scheier's blog [1], which uses no 3rd party tracking code whatsoever.

Furthermore, they don't accept cryptocurrency donations and seem to push for PayPal. Disappointing.

[1] https://www.schneier.com/

Isn't that special. Maybe now they'll stop conducting so much of it.

Of course, a similar state of surveillance exists in the U.S.

Are there any groups in the U.S. that are advocating against the archiving of personal data (browsing histories, call histories, geo-location data, etc.) by phone companies, ISPs, etc.?

Or is it taken for granted at this point that all peoples' histories must be recorded (whether they're currently suspected of a crime or not) to make it easy for the government to track down criminals?

No, the court did not rule anything (although it probably will).

The Advocate General at the court entered his plea, which the court usually follows.