The TLDR of the situation is that you shouldn't worry about what the NSA flags you as. They flagged everyone. Just assume you're on their list because you probably are anyway.
I've likened it to that scene in V for Vendetta. They can only take what you give them.
Does HN support Tor?
Edit: read City and the City by China Mieville?
I feel that fear of big brother is a limitation on citizens personal freedom since people will be more guarded about what they say, inquire about, and behave. No shifty behavior. The constable may be watching.
What do you mean by "support"? You can access HN through tor, though sometimes it is blocked (perhaps depending on which exit node you happen to be routed through).
Probably less the name of the site as the confluence of money, power, technical expertise and occasionally violent anti-government rhetoric. Honestly, I find it surprising how many people seem to feel perfectly safe here while avoiding Facebook, Google, etc.
And government officials (esp. in other governments) are obvious targets for NSA surveillance.
How can you confidently say that you know what the NSA is interested in?
Read whatever you want to.
For all the hullabaloo about censored books, surveilled reading is just as much of a threat to the formation of free ideas as censorship, if not more so.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Terror-Factory-Manufactured-Terror...
I've heard of much of this kind of behavior before. Doesn't this generally involve some form of entrapment, rather than mere browsing behavior?
Important to consider, regardless.
They have alerts on everything. If you say something they may not like online, you're probably already on a list. Tor or not.
This is exactly what's wrong with the whole situation.
To my dismay, the TSA did not attempt to search me at my home airport. Perhaps the data had not propagated to screeening yet. Regardless, it seems harder than I initially thought to get onto one of these NSA lists.