<i>Refusing to comply with an NSA order will likely just end you up in jail on something else because the government has the power to lock you up.</i><p>That&#x27;s the thesis of <i>Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent</i> (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent&#x2F;dp&#x2F;1594035229" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent&#x2F;dp&#x2F;...</a>), that:<p><i>The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague....</i><p>He&#x27;ll have a lot more examples, I&#x27;m sure.<p><i>So we can&#x27;t hold the companies who complied with them entirely responsible, as those companies are made up of individuals who have families to think of.</i><p>Especially since the Feds have no compunctions against going after your family if they can&#x27;t pin something on you.  E.g. junk bond figure Michael Millikan, who&#x27;s real crime was creating a market for poorly managed companies.