I think you don't really understand the reality of government surveillance. It doesn't align with your tin foil hat fears. It's not warrantless. Metadata is collected and not connected to a identity, and, until a threat is perceived, a warrant is needed, or its inaccessible, then the data is able to be accessed and worked with in depth. Private companies are the ones intruding on personal lives.

They hate us cuz they aint us. Metadata isnt unconstitutional, you still need a warrent to access the information anyway. But, the point is that all of this information was really already known. Snowden didnt blow the whistle, he was a loser that was recruited by russia. The only injustice is Snowden betraying his country to give state secrets to foreign nations. Even if you disagree with how the government is operating, would you turn to a real authoritarian state against our republic?

Snowden was insecure and had delusions of grandiosity that didn't match his desk job. Spying for Russia stroked his ego. He's a traitor of the republic. This narrative that he did what he did for the american public is false.

I am unsure where I stand with regards to Snowden's methods, but I still consider him a patriot and a hero. I just wish he was more measured in what he actually released rather than doing a huge data dump.