Is data retention even posible? For example: Validation is a big problem. How can independently be proven that any of the data is even true? How are mistakes cleaned up? Are we assuming that there will never be any bit-flip in so much data? How do we know when untrue data is added or true data changed? Where are the checks and balances? Is it technological even posible to be done right? Even if it could be done, which I doubt very much, I am reminded of what my parents told me: "Just because you can, does not mean you may or should." This is true in the case of data retention: We are asked to trust that this, and every future government, will never abuse this information or treat it carelessly. Do we trust every future government? Our Intellectual Freedom (IF) is at stake if we proceed on this road without first having answered these questions.