In the past I've felt cynical about these sorts of issues. Recently I went to Hackers on Planet Earth, a hacktivist conference, and left it with a sense of optimism: there are very, very smart people working on protecting our privacy, and recently their efforts are starting to come to fruition.
too little to late. We could take all the smart people and fund their work and give them minions for years and we would never get back what we have already lost.
