Upfront magazine watching you

In the article, from the upfront magazine, Watching You it talks about how the United States upped their security, computer and phone surveillance. They explain why they do it and the ups from having all this surveillance videos for the government. I honestly believe that it's okay for the government to do all these things.
I asked my mother about it and her exact words about the article were, " I don't care if they listen in onto my conversations. I have nothing to hide so why should I hide it?" I agree with her statement, if we did nothing wrong why should we hide it? Other hand, some people think that they need privacy and the government shouldn't be able to do this. The fact is that the fourth amendment states that the government/police need a court issued warrant to be able to listen in on phone calls of a suspected criminal, look into your car, and to be able to look into your home. This amendment gives you privacy in your own home. But, the amendment doesn't include when you step outside of your own home. It says, it doesn't cover the right to have privacy once you step outside of your home. You are allowed, by law to be able to be photographed( by surveillance cameras, or by anyone with an iPhone).
53% of people who were asked this question agreed that they should be able to look into our phone, computers and any other items they need to. I also asked my stepfather and he agreed/disagreed with the question. He was on the neutral side of things. In the article it states that with all the governments looking about they caught over 55 terrorists attacks before they happened. One of these attacks was going to be a NYC subway backpack bombing. In conclusion, I think it is okay for the US government to look at our phone bills and other phone things, to look into our computers, and to look in our homes and cars.