Selling Your Secrets: The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters

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3. aaaahhh...........a suggested solution:

So in a world where, increasingly, nothing is private, nothing is simply yours, what is an Internet user to do?

As a start, there is an alternative to most major software programs for word processing, spreadsheets, and layout and design -- the use of free and open source software like Linux and Open Office, where the underlying code is freely available to be examined for hacks and flaws. (Think of it this way: if the NSA cut a deal with Apple to copy everything on your iPhone, you would never know.
If you bought an open-source phone -- not an easy thing to do -- that sort of thing would be quickly spotted.)
You can also use encrypted browsers like Tor and search engines like Duck Duck Go that don’t store your data.

That is reassuring.