Assange asserts that the internet has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen. All communications will be surveilled, permanently recorded, permanently tracked, each individual in all their interactions permanently identified as that individual to this new Establishment, from birth to death. So what is it to be done? Be vigilant. Decentralization (Freedombox) and encryption is the only remaining strategy for resisting the slide into a totalitarian surveillance state.

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/30/tk_5_partner_15/