[smtddr]

">>Has Ycombinator come forth with a statement they are not under the spell of the NSA?"

Considering the existence of "Gag orders", would they even be allowed to tell us? It's not like HN even has any private data really. It's not an Email service, it's not Facebook with privacy-settings. All our comments are very public and as far as I can tell pretty anti-NSA. It would be crazy to think the NSA isn't watching this site. HN, Reddit and Twitter are like the most likely places an uprising would start from.

If you're worried about the email-address you signed up with on HN, just assume the NSA has it(and whatever IPaddress you login from) and go from there.

[digitalengineer]

Not worried, just curious. I'm here with a direct link to my old blog with name and everything...