The NSA fear killed a project I was working on. I got it to the point of working (proof of concept) because the nonsense they are trying against the Megaupload founder (I&#x27;m not on his side either, but I felt we need a safe harbor software suite).<p>I had my brilliant russian buddy (grew up studying in the ussr) poking holes in my logic from a discussion level.<p>Then I started thinking, what if this pissed off someone spying on us. They could hack my machine (windows) and throw some CP or something on there that would ruin my life (I have no fear of anything I&#x27;ve got on my computers as a result of my own downloading).<p>So I killed the project.<p>Just like the article posts, with the fear of Hoover. I have the same fear of the government. Funny thing is I&#x27;m a pretty liberal person for the most part.<p>Our government operating like it does, from local police being above the law all the way up to the 3 letter agencies and congress themselves. Is really disheartening.