Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical (prism-break.org)

Article summary

The article discusses the importance of opting out of global data surveillance programs and provides recommendations for encrypting communications and ending reliance on proprietary services. It suggests using alternative services and tools, such as Signal and Thunderbird, to improve privacy. The article also notes that using these recommended projects does not guarantee 100% protection against surveillance states. The goal is to make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical.

Main themes

• Mass Surveillance
• Privacy Protection
• Encryption
• Surveillance State
• Corporate-Government Interplay
• Legislative Action

What commenters say

• Using alternative services and tools can help improve privacy, but may not guarantee complete protection against surveillance states.
• Assuming compromise and working around it may be a more secure strategy than relying on the incompetence of surveillance agencies.
• The trend over time is that targeted surveillance tools are becoming mass surveillance tools.
• Individual technological efforts may not be enough to defeat large-scale corporate and nation-state monitoring.
• Creating 'digital noise' to make it difficult for surveillance agencies to collect valuable data is a potential solution.
• Legislative representatives can be used to change the behavior of other government entities and limit surveillance powers.
• The government and corporations are intertwined, with corporations acting as private enforcement contractors for the government.
• The expansion of surveillance powers and erosion of rights for average citizens may be inevitable despite some past failures of draconian bills.