The good news is the potential that tech geeks can help prevent Obama, and future presidents, from spying on all Americans, 24/7.
The bad news is the overabundance of Obama's scandals: in combination, they are seriously threatening his presidency, which provides ever greater incentive to destroy critics and political opponents.
Thus, his leanings towards favoring totalitarian means is fertilized by the domestic political threats, not the terrorists he uses as cover.