[giffarage]

Between Https and VPNs, this seems ineffectual for people who actually want to stay hidden. Am I missing something?

[softwaredoug]

Except the US is sadly notorious for weakening encryption standards. One common example is how it was hard for a long time to export strong encryption

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_...

[lenlorijn]

Metadata such as what domains/ip's are contacted can still be harvested.

[nickbauman]

And remember: metadata is everything. It makes the actual content of the communication discoverable and indexable. The information of what you're saying and doing is not actionable without being able to find it / categorize it at scale.