Yes, trust is a serious issue.
While the technical implications are huge, the impact to our constitutional rights is even greater, and it's strange this is not being more broadly contented.
Never in the history of the United States has legislation that potentially removes the individual from information, reduces our constitutional rights, and remove the legal (liability) process in favor of a police state been set forth.
The
Protect IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act are opposed by
EFF,
OpenDNS,
ISP's,
American Civil Liberties Union,
BiPartison Congressmen (Ron Paul),
Intellectual Property Attorneys, International Human Rights Community,
Global Network Initiative,
Consumer Electronics Group,
Public Interest Groups and nearly everyone else who cares about the current nature of information have drafted letters to oppose these acts.
We each can also
oppose these Acts, since, even with the opposition, it's not clear that they will not be adopted in a watered down fashion.