"This is yet another trick move in the never-ending shell game that the NSA is playing with the American people, and apparently with the secret court whose oversight it is trying to evade," said Kevin Bankston, the director of New America's Open Technology Institute. "New rule: if the NSA claims that a particular surveillance program has ended, or that a particular type of surveillance has halted 'under this program,' assume that it is still going on in another program."

Protecting your rights and freedoms is a 24/7 job. There are no days off for good behavior. We US Citizens have been lulled into thinking that this was as sudden and unexpected attack on our freedoms- but our forefathers knew that if allowed, every government and any government will strive to oppress their citizens if given the opportunity. We've allowed our rulers to rule at the behest of their corporate masters for generations now as they slowly eroded the Constitution in the name of capitalism. People need to get upset about this and get their hands dirty to lift the US back up by its bootstraps and get us back on to the path we were following before we started another war with no end in sight.

At this point, we have no secrets. I think this is just our reality. There's nothing you do online that someone who wants to see it won't see it.

The best defense is to not put it out there. That's about all you can do.

It's not so hard, just consider every way possible.