Mass surveillance is good...

...for controlling the population. Look, spies are cool and all, and those men and women who do this as a career are truly brave, but creating surveillance states are just a little bit too far.

Edward Snowden's 2013 revelation that the U.S. was monitoring the emails and phones lines of their own citizens and allies was an abhorrent breach of trust not dissimilar to Orwell's dystopia '1984.'

“But, I've got nothing to hide.”

Really? Well you should. We all learnt that the hard way when we first jumped on the Facebook band wagon. Now your new boss checks out your Facebook page before you get the job. Companies really haven't figured out the separation between work and play and nor has the government.

Want another reason? Case law, like in the U.S., Australia, Canada, and the U.K. has the unfortunate propensity to rapidly create more and more laws. There are tens of thousands of pages of laws, both criminal and civil on the books in the U.S. and they are increasing daily. Do you know them all well enough to ensure you are doing nothing wrong. I am sure they could find a crime just for you.

If you have nothing to hide, you would be willing to show the world your bank details, wander the streets on a warm sunny day in the nuddie, tear down your curtains and give me the full rights to all your family photos. Are you willing to do this?

The irony of this, 'I've go nothing to hide,' attitude that the government wants to push down your throat is that they don't practice what they preach. In fact they got quite upset when Snowden blew the whistle on their own secret surveillance operation. Nothing to hide indeed.

I know you're with me on this but don't be a victim. It's time to fight back and take a stand and it's easy.

Tomorrow February 11, 2014, the internet will be taking a stand in protest. Major human rights groups like Amnisty International and Green Peace are supporting this. Companies like tumblr. , reddit and mozilla are also taking a stand. Got to:

The Day We Fight Back

and find out what you can do to reign in the surveillance state laws in U.S. and make an example for the rest of the world.