Quite a good consideration of this is in: Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance Julia Angwin The Stanford interview with her, about the book, was quite excellent: http://juliaangwin.com/stanford-law-school-lecture/ d/ On 8/29/2014 2:02 PM, manning bill wrote: > it is possible to dramatically reduce the monitoring surface of any > given entity, however in todays environment, such avoidance comes at > a significant cost. If one is prepared to abandon electronic > communications, a huge step forward in anonymity is taken. One can > not have ones cake and eat it also. > > /bill PO Box 12317 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 310.322.8102 > > On 29August2014Friday, at 13:52, Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> On Aug 29, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Linda Dunbar <linda.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> There is a question on if it is possible for individuals to avoid >>> being monitored by Government agencies. Does anyone know where to >>> check? >> >> It's not realistically possible for an individual who is being >> targeted for monitoring by government agencies of any major >> government to avoid being monitored. It is (maybe) possible for >> individuals who are not targeted to avoid being swept up in a >> monitoring dragnet, if they are careful about how they communicate >> online. -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net