A semi-serious proposal:  why don&#x27;t we just stop caring about this?<p>By &quot;we&quot;, I mean those of us with the technological know-how to protect our own privacy if desired.<p>I bring this up because laws like CISA are meant to deal with large-scale collection of data for ostensibly well-meaning reasons from the vast majority of internet users.  Those vast majorities that aren&#x27;t lurking on HN, who don&#x27;t know or care about the technical details of privacy beyond maybe vaguely wanting it, who want the internet to work, fast, free, and easily.<p>It seems to me that with the vast law enforcement and intelligence agencies on the one side and the even larger internet economy on the other, <i>there is no serious getting in the way of whatever flow of information those two groups agree on.</i>  It doesn&#x27;t matter what you, me, the EFF, or Edward Snowden think.  <i>There is far too much money at stake.</i>  And the &quot;privacy&quot; threat, as we discuss it here, is irrelevant to just about everyone.<p>Beyond implementing strong crypto with trusted software, for those who care to, I don&#x27;t see that there is anything to be done here.  As Schneier pointed out a few years ago, this ship sailed a long time ago:  <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.schneier.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;our_internet_su.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.schneier.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;our_internet_...</a>