So guys... have you considered how invasive all this "watching" might become in the future? Consider that many predict we'll all be using "cloud" drives in the near future rather than keeping our data on our own hard drives. Heck... Google is pushing their version bigtime. And, of course they are one of the major players cooperating with the NSA's snooping. I'm going to be VERY leery of giving up my data to be stored somewhere else... I have nothing to hide, but I'll be damned if I'm going to make it easy for them to keep an eye on me.
There are always options, some a little more "well let's say" precarious than others...We can safely assume that any conversation, ideas or information shared with today's technology "can" be recorded "if" desired by others. Fifteen years ago the technology was available for someone to sit in a van a few miles away and record every key stroke on your keyboard. What can be done today 15 years later... VPN http://lifehacker.com/5940565/why-you-should-start-using-a-vpn-and-how-to-choose-the-best-one-for-your-needs Proxy server http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server Dark Net http://askthecomputerguy.com/opinions/dark-net-101/