By Vera Wilde

Vera Wilde is an artist, hacker, and scholar from the obscure third-world nation of Al-Abama. After escaping from a postdoctoral gig during which she slept on the floor while working at Harvard, she found peace, love, and hackers in the Europes.

A BRIEF GUIDE TO COMBATTING MASS SURVEILLANCE

Mass surveillance has been the norm for decades, and is growing rather than shrinking even as public knowledge of it increases. Spy agencies surveil entire countries the world over, targeting political dissidents and minorities more than terrorists and subverting the free expression essential to democratic processes. These practices harm liberty and security alike according to…