Is the best we can do really to download countless programs merely to slow down those spying on us? This is not only wrong on principle. It's also a lot of effort. People can't be bothered.

Governments may use increasingly complex and sophisticated tools for censoring unhelpful information but the end result is always the same, despite the claims of toadying journalists.

The justifications for indiscriminant mass surveillance are becoming increasingly absurd. False calls to patriotism and unwavering professionalism are entirely at odds with known reality - let's recall some facts.

Attacks on the Guardian's supposed hypocrisy conflates public scrutiny with gossip and entertainment. 

David Cameron has refused to heed calls for Britain to boycott the Winter Olympics in Russia because of the latter’s anti-homosexual laws. We need to return to the exemplar of sports boycotts – South Africa.

The level of surveillance across the US and the UK should not come as a shock to their citizens. To what extent is the nature of these actions rooted in history? Would even the most benevolent of governments be able to stop the constant monitoring of its citizens?