Stay mobile

 

When the government orders your ISP to run a tap on your Internet connection, it is only tapping traffic from devices it owns. The most vulnerable device in your home is your cable modem. They can’t actually tap your computer without installing software, which would be technically challenging and much more obvious. So if you take your computer on the road, you’re harder to tap. Log in from the local café or use the library’s computers and you’re invisible—at least until you log into the e-mail account the government is also monitoring.