[bfivyvysj]

I learned enough about security years ago that there's basically zero chance you're secure and almost 100% chance someone is watch everything you do online.

Whether they care is entirely separate.

[PoignardAzur]

Ah, yes, the "fuck it" approach to infosec.

[tdeck]

It seems to have worked for Fiverr.

[jancsika]

Be careful when telling other campers that you think it's pointless to try to outrun a grizzly bear.

They may outwardly appear to agree with your statement, but it may be for very different reasons than you think.

Edit: clarification

[IAmBroom]

"Watching" is doing heavy lifting. "Able to watch" or "being recorded, along with terabytes of parallel information from others", is more apt. Actually discriminating the signal (communications from a desired target, or about a desired topic) from noise is the problem with your "nothing you do will stop them" theory.

[jimbo808]

Could be accurate but governments can be profoundly incompetent even with great capability at their disposal

[phatskat]

I forget where I saw it but there’s an old adage along the lines of “even if your computer is unplugged, in a vault, with armed guards, it’s probably not safe”.