> One way to fix the social problem is to vote politicians out of office when they make bad decisions--not just about surveillance, but in general. In an ideal

> One way to fix the social problem is to vote politicians out of office when they make bad decisions--not just about surveillance, but in general. In an ideal world that would be the way to go, but I'm not so sure in this one. Those people are masters at fooling voters using the same old tricks: "collecting data helps fighting terrorists", "only those who haven't anything to hide ...", "anonimity helps pedophiles, please think of the children!" etc. So to me that battle is a lost one. Until the day they actually outlaw and prosecute the use or even mere possession of countermeasures (encrypted disks, communication protocols and connections, etc.) I think we're to the point it's time to first implement them and then maybe attempting to solve the social problem the usual ways. Hopefully someone will prove me wrong.