When it comes to mass surveillance, nothing surprises me any more. When I hear a helicopter flying above my city at night, I just assume that they're doing aerial recoinnassance using a thermographic camera. The fact that this is a military zone doesn't help to soothe my paranoia.

When I pass in front of a camera, whether it's a laptop or a smartphone or a cheap-looking security camera, I instinctively try to behave as though someone, somewhere is watching me and recording my every move.

Right now I'm thinking that this comment will probably be archived by a few agencies and could be used against me at some point in the future. Sounds crazy, right? Until you learn that something as simple as using encrypted communications is enough to attract the attention of the NSA, which means I'm probably on some kind of list already.

My first reaction after reading your comment was simply "just another good reason not to use airplanes or visit the USA". How much attention has this article received in the Dutch media? Part of me still clings to the hope that people will start caring... eventually...