DOJ: We don't need warrants for e-mail, Facebook chats
Guys, when will it sink through? The technology to protect yourself from wiretapping is in your hands. End-to-end asymmetric encryption has never been more accessible. Explain to your friends and family what PGP is and start using it.Maybe the NSA has it cracked, maybe not. But the IRS sure doesn't, nor do the FDA, DEA, FCC, FBI, Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft for that matter.EDIT:Here's how it works: I run PGP/GPG (GPG is the open source/free version of PGP, they're the same protocol) locally and the first time I use it, it creates two files, a "public key" and a "private key". I post/share my "public key" online (and you assume it's really me sharing it with you - this is important).   gnupg --gen-key
   gpg --armor --output Desktop/mqudsi.asc --export "Mahmoud Al-Qudsi"

For example, here is my public key: 
http://neosmart.net/downloads/miscellania/mqudsi.ascAnyone can now use this key to send me a text message encrypted only for me. They just need this file and their own pgp/gpg private key; they tell it to encrypt message X for user with public key Y.The result of that command (gpg --encrypt --recipient 'Mahmoud Al-Qudsi ' toencrypt.txt) will be encrypted text that no one but the holder of the private key (me) (which should never be shared) will be able to decode.The result is plaintext. You can send it via email, text message, snail mail, whatever. There are apps that automate the encryption procedure as part of the sending process.