Depends on the individuals interpretation of universal surveillance. A few months back the gov gave a list of bank details of illegal aliens to the banks to freeze their accounts. They weren't watching if that's your interpretation of surveillance, it was more the cross referencing of data harvested from numerous other sources they have access too.
The universal surveillance starts and ends with the collection and storage of the data. Collecting data means they dont need to "tail" anyone as your phones do most of it for them. When they choose to access it is neither here nor there as