No big brother?

I keep reading about people selling blockchain and steemit tech as "no big brother snooping" and otherwise...
Wondering if people realize it's all there in the open, big brother doesn't need to snoop, he just browses the site.. similarly to the bots and otherwise that roam these STEEM walls....
Please people, don't confuse behind the scenes nsa style tactics with in the open grandma (or that annoying snooping aunt of your ex girlfriend) style tactics...
Steemit is a public and open system, if anything it let's big brother snoop quite a bit easier...