How will you change your behavior as you increase your understanding of pervasive US government surveillance?
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For example, I saw one reporter tweet she'd stop using Skype to interview sources. Another example is people joking that they'd change the language they use in email to avoid being treated with suspicion. Feel free to substitute your own government's technology surveillance or another country's for the US's.
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Answer:
I will not change it. Some reasons why not: A surfeit of self-righteousness. My right to privacy is what should be valued over the government's decision to violate that right. I should not have to change any of my behaviors. A lack of concern. Tied to the previous answer, I am not worried about changing any behaviors that could potentially get me into hot water since I am not a terrorist, and I am not planning to attack the state in any way. I'm unimportant. Even were I to break some laws, records of any (purely hypothetical) illegal activities I may have engaged in that the government does obtain would be of such a petty nature that I have no fear they would be used against me. The NSA is not going to send the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office a file on my criminal misdeeds. I am not Walter White, neither am I Tony Soprano. Laziness: I don't WANT TO have to change! Extra work? No, thank you! Obviously, if I ever became an Enemy of the State-style victim of government persecution at the hands of malevolent beaurocrats, they could use all the little illegal, petty, private, and embarrassing info they had on me to destroy my life, but c'est la vie, non?
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Other answers
I'll communicate differently. More euphemisms in email, texting, IM, and posting blogs and tweets. Fewer 'private' check-ins and other voluntary disclosures. More face-to-face conversations. More poweringâoff mobile phones, tablets, and laptops in f2f meetings. Less Project Glass. More discussions of anything related to counterterrorism to voice channels. I'll set up my systems to minimize exposure. VPNs. (Can I use a VPN on my smartphone?) Stronger security of my browser. Fewer plug-ins, more vetted plug-ins. More use of "privacy tabs". Even fewer cookies. Shop for small alternatives to the Big Internet companies governments find easier to coerce. More use of Internet cafes. More cash.
Phil Wolff
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