To go even further, there could be communities of people who do things for themselves and with themselves. I'm not talking Amish here but something along the lines of avoiding services that collect data (which basically means ones that are non-digital), as crazy as it sounds. Short of something drastic, I don't see anyone winning this war against being spied upon, especially since we're just going to become more and more digitally-inclined. The spying becomes so much harder if the info that'd have to be passed along was non-digital, though I suppose strong encryption also theoretically solves the same problem (that is, if the gov't isn't using quantum decryption).
Think: Meetup.com, something might be planned online but it takes place in the physical world. Basically, it'd mean replicating things like this where there's an increase in human-to-human contact. I'm just throwing out an idea, but there's got to be ways to combat the spying or at least make it all based only on metadata rather than the actual data. I don't believe the spying only covers metadata anyways.
It is possible in Arizona to create "charter towns" that can largely override state law with their established charter. As a thought experiment I have toyed around with the idea of a town with a charter based on radical transparency in government and an assumption of a right to privacy.
Think: Meetup.com, something might be planned online but it takes place in the physical world. Basically, it'd mean replicating things like this where there's an increase in human-to-human contact. I'm just throwing out an idea, but there's got to be ways to combat the spying or at least make it all based only on metadata rather than the actual data. I don't believe the spying only covers metadata anyways.