Oh, you'd better watch out, I'm telling you why! The NSA is listening in.

[conuly]

Sen. Ron Wyden on balancing the 'teeter-totter' of security and liberty

http://to.pbs.org/1b4fEfX

By cracking cellphone code, NSA has capacity for decoding private conversations

http://bitly.com/18Hc5fD

The NSA and our values

http://nyr.kr/1bAXllT

How to tell when the NSA is lying

http://bitly.com/ISpoUy

What's wrong with tracking our cell phones?

http://bitly.com/IPAx80

Why won’t the President rein in the intelligence community?

http://nyr.kr/1bRSijw

White House criticizes AP over CIA story

http://usat.ly/1ecbhY2

NSA Tracks People Using Google Cookies

http://bit.ly/1bDnCfT

The moral of all this is clear: if you can't or won't use a cheap pre-paid, leave the phone at home or swap liberally with family and friends. Pay in cash, and for god's sake never, ever, ever let yourself commit anything in writing that you wouldn't want to be blazoned on the front page of the NYTimes, much less anywhere epically public on the Internet. If it isn't already public knowledge, consider whether you want it to be, because unlike Santa, I don't think the NSA gives gifts if you're good.

After all, we really *do* know they're listening.

http://xkcd.com/525/