To object to excessive government surveillance?

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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3282309/Security-services-given-new-rights-spy-phones-computers-Dizzying-range-electronic-surveillance-equipment-set-available-MI5-MI6-GCHQ-new-laws.html

With everything that that Edward Snowden has revealed such as security services spying on their partners and abusing their abilities, spying on peoples communications when there is no probable cause to suspect them of any crime, around intimate photos couples send to each other online.sn't it unreasonable for them to be spying on us en masse?

Terrorism is a threat to the country but it shouldn't be used as an excuse to violate the privacy of innocent people, especially when it's never helped prevent terrorism. Even if it did, would surrendering our privacy completely be worth it? Give up our rights so that terrorists can't take them away seems a bit pointless. Has anyone altered how they do things now, I use the TOR browser a lot and PGP to encrypt emails.

Perhaps those that feel fine about giving up the civil liberties we've inherited from our ancestors, who fought and died for them, are happy to do so because it's unlikely to be them that will be falsely accused and have their front door booted in by the heavy mob at 4 in the morning? Rather it'll be those funny, headscarf wearing, brown skinned people? Or those drooling, dirty, raincoat wearing pedophiles?

The government want the police to be able to access all our browsing history without a warrant now it seems if recent stories in the media are to be believed. Seems like a good time to use a VPN to hide your browsing data from your ISP and by extension the authorities.