[brokenmachine]

I agree completely. Taking an interest in the laws is important because if the technical solutions are made illegal then there is no real solution.

We can't assume VPNs will always be legal for individuals with the horrible direction things are going.

I would like to add however that it would be really nice if the super-intelligent programmers on HN could come up with an open solution that is super easy to use that actually preserves the little guy's privacy. Like just a tickbox in Firefox that makes your whole PC untrackable.

Something so easy that anyone can use it, yet as secure as all the complicated technical solutions that are being presented in these comments.