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I can speak from experience that the surveillance revealed by Snowden is already impacting the severity and tone of my political discussions with friends and co

I can speak from experience that the surveillance revealed by Snowden is already impacting the severity and tone of my political discussions with friends and colleagues. We are (mostly) pretty keenly aware of the fact that our conversations are going into a database somewhere, and will likely be processed by some algorithm later.

rl3 12y ago
In my experience, it was almost the opposite. The Snowden revelations illustrated how imperfect the NSA's coverage actually was compared to our prior speculation, and that they had some semblance of decency with regards to handling data. Of course, I have my doubts that said decency holds at higher levels, and I'm sure it greatly depends on how important you are. So unless you're a legitimate surveillance target such as a terrorist, politician, investigative journalist, or EFF attorney, you likely have nothing to fear.
- dllthomas 12y ago
  "I'm sure it greatly depends on how important you are." And who you've dated...
- pizza234 12y ago
  The NSA is essentially unaccountable for whatever it does; there's no decency in this. I hope that the assumption that investigate journalists and EFF attorneys are "legitimate" targets is highly ironic.
  - rl3 12y ago
    I figured the sarcasm was self-evident having put terrorist as the first item on the list. In retrospect, perhaps I should have not edited out the /s tag.