Act like a terrorist

 

The irony of all this domestic spying is that it’s done in the hope of catching terrorists, but terrorists know what to do to avoid being spied on. Systems like ECHELON tend only to catch really stupid terrorists.

Stay on the move. Don’t live in one place for more than a few days. Never use your name or speak your location over unencrypted communications. Ditch the land line and rely exclusively on a mobile phone, preferably one a few years old with no Internet capabilities or, even better, prepaid burners from a drug store that you only use for one or two calls before throwing them away. Don’t go online except from Internet cafes that let you pay in cash (use small bills to minimize your exposure to RFID-tagged money), and when you do, use an IP anonymizer. It’s not a comfortable or fun way to live, but that’s kind of the point, right?