Part of Stallman&#x27;s motivation for starting the free software movement was that your computer is an extension of your mind, and ubiquitous computer surveillance is basically the same as Orwell&#x27;s thought police. The chilling effect is real, as demonstrated by a recent study that showed a drop off in terrorism related searches after the Snowden leaks. I freely research terrorism though, because I&#x27;m not &quot;the type of person who would do something&quot;. So I basically rely on racial, ethnic, and economic discrimination to feel secure about what I search online. I just don&#x27;t understand how James Comey and the FBI think that they can make us all safer by turning into criminals themselves.