PRISM

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The Washington Post ran a survey form about on-line privacy for several days,
and the first thing it asked for was your NAME !

This article almost makes it sound as if all of 81 people went past that and responded...

Washington Post
Timothy B. Lee
November 7, 2013

Here’s how people are changing their Internet habits to avoid NSA snooping

<snip>The irony of asking for full names and e-mail addresses in a survey
about online privacy was not lost on Switch readers.

"The questionnaire can't be for real. I thought I inadvertently connected to 'the Onion,'" one reader
wrote in the comment section. Other commenters described the survey as "bizarre" and "creepy."

Some survey respondents indicated that they had cut back on using the Internet
to send sensitive personal information. But a much larger group told us that
they hadn't changed their Internet habits at all.

"If the NSA wants to know I spend too much time researching fantasy football,
hotels in Las Vegas, and the best way to roast pumpkin seeds, so be it," one wrote.
"You only have something to fear if you are looking up things that the NSA would consider dangerous to US citizens."

Other respondents haven't changed their habits because they believe doing so is hopeless.
"There is simply no defense against the NSA if they are targeting you," one reader claimed.
"I accept that I am a minnow swimming in a pool full of sharks," wrote another.

Added a third respondent: "I always add the following to my emails 'Hey NSA, go f--k yourselves.'"