Snowden says he could see what I do on the web.

[MineralMan]

123. That is quite true. Today, there are other methods people use to

acquire data sent over the Internet. Some of those methods are legitimate, while others are not. A sizable percentage of personal computers and other devices connected to the internet have malicious software on them than makes it easy for people to track, intercept, and interfere with data. In other cases, we agree to allow third parties to track our online activities in one way or another. Your ISP, Google, and many other websites do that on a regular basis. Installing Ghostery on your PC is a good way to see who is tracking you when you visit a website.

We allow many third parties to have access to much of what we do on the Internet. Some people use encryption software if they are concerned about the data they transmit. In other cases, our browsers use encryption on secure websites. They provide at least the illusion of security, I suppose.

It is possible for a person to maintain privacy, but it is not easy or convenient to do so. Governmental and corporate organizations accumulate vast stores of information about almost all of us. How alarmed we are about that depends on our individual attitudes about it. For me, the alarm is very minor.