Oddly enough, I&#x27;ve been less worried about that sort of thing since the Snowden revelations for reasons I can&#x27;t adequately explain. I _think_ that I subconsciously assumed &#x27;suspicious&#x27; searches would be flagged and lead to tracking, but post-Snowden just assume it&#x27;ll be tracked regardless so don&#x27;t bother self-filtering (I&#x27;d love to know if the hours I spent researching anthrax and dispersal methods [saw it on TV, was curious if it was plausible, and fell down that rabbit-hole for a couple of days] a few months ago caused a blip on security services RADAR).<p>That said, it is a terrible state of affairs, and I do completely understand the impulse to self-censor to avoid future issues. Likewise, I don&#x27;t see a near-to-mid term solution - mass surveillance appears fairly entrenched, is not a single country issue (which would at least make it somewhat avoidable), and very few people even near positions of power seem to be addressing it adequately (or even see it as a problem).