Asa: Thanks for the input though of course I hope you are wrong. :) Is there research on that? Your experience at Mozilla? I do know a a few data points: (EDIT

Asa: Thanks for the input though of course I hope you are wrong. :) Is there research on that? Your experience at Mozilla? I do know a a few data points: (EDIT: walterbell provides a very good data point below, and one that should have been obvious to me!) * Some vendors of confidentiality services report increased demand, especially since the Snowden revelations. (Sorry, I don't remember who reported it.) * Facebook and others now are emphasizing privacy, suggesting that they see demand for it. * A recent consumer survey said confidentiality concerns were impacting purchases on mobile devices. * Also I read in an advertising industry publication that when a retail store chain posted signs saying they were tracking customer activities (via wifi/bluetooth on mobile devices), they got many complaints and saw an impact. * Their solution of course was to take down the signs, which raises another point: If consumers/citizens don't care about surveillance, then why are businesses and government secretive about it?