Tor

The more you learn about cybersecurity, the more paranoid you may seem to those who do not understand the interworking of the Internet. Monitoring of traffic on the Internet is widespread, and there are many organizations, including governments, corporations, and criminals, that can monitor your traffic covertly. In 2003, a program called Total/Terrorism Information Awareness was established by the United States Information Awareness Office to gather detailed information about individuals in an attempt to prevent crimes before they happened. They called this predictive policing.

Many civil rights organizations and privacy groups like Reporters Without Borders and the American Civil Liberties Union have expressed concern that with ever‐increasing surveillance, we will end up with limited political or personal freedoms. There are hacktivist organizations such as Anonymous, Lizard Squad, Morpho, and APT28 that all have their own modus operandi and moral code.

Edward Snowden, whether...