The idea is to prevent them from developing a motivation to do that by keeping them out of your business in the first place.

I get the motivation. But good luck keeping an organization out of anything you care about when they can:

. Legally kill you

. Legally compel corporations to embed backdoors

. Legally seize all your equipment

. Throw away millions of dollars pursing “petty” crimes.

Technical means of defending against something like the NSA is, in my opinion, a lost cause.

I believe the way to deal with this is by being politically active. Getting people engaged and limiting the powers of these organizations.

Becoming politically active is one of the fastest ways to get "legally killed," in countries where that actually happens...

Totally agree. I would think part of a good defense is to simply not care about politics on any level.

Personally, I think all these counter measures are a fool's game. It most likely ends up being a form of self labeling as a person to look into.

My defense is to be a boring person, not trying to hide anything, lost in a sea of noise.

> Getting people engaged and limiting the powers of these organizations.

My impression is that most people want more government; thus, getting more people engaged will lead to increasing the powers of these organizations.

This is a black-and-white reasoning bug that people often have when thinking about this. The vast majority of targets aren't worth top resources or a risk of exposure.

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