For the last 30 or so years, NSA (No Such Agency) has been monitoring EVERY electronic transmission, be it a long distance land line call or an electronic bank transaction with your credit card . . So, yes, they do listen or read what we say here, if they choose to. Perhaps, in the not to far future, they'll listen closer, and take what is said out of context, then do something about it . . When they begin to do that, it's time to put a stop to it . .
The huge computers NSA employs are geared to listen for key words and amounts . . When one of those are registered in the computer, the message is marked and saved, with the generator and the recipient both filed. What they do with all that information is kept highly secret and is protected like no other government secrets are. Even most of NSA's Employees don't know each other or what they do. It is the ultimate "Big Brother' and with the Utah installation, (Viewable on Google Earth) Your Unk'l Sam will know you better than you do, from cradle to grave.
Ironically, NSA was created to protect us from the enemy and it's cryptology. But now it's used to protect the government from everybody . .
On the subject of CC . . Granted, somebody has a record of the fact that you at least have a permit to carry a firearm in a concealed manner, but it beats hell out of having to pay the price of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. And, I suppose, if the gun you carry is the only gun you own, then you might have reason to be concerned. On the other hand, do to the authorities what they do to you if they ever ask . . LIE . . .