The fact you are paranoid doesn't mean that there is not someone out there to get you.

This is useful information. Having access to someones social graph and contact list could go a long way to subverting dissidents.

If by chance NSA is aiding Russia and China by helping them secure internal stability and giving them more energy to play on the international scene is rather ironic.

Also it is not about downloading. Thing about the things you could do by just altering the data.