In mid-2000, controversy erupted when the FBI’s “Carnivore” Internet wiretap tool came to light during congressional hearings. I was astonished to hear of this super-wide-net method of web surveillance–an early predecessor to the NSA’s PRISM program which has been making headlines this week–and I set about to help cultivate the groundswell of resistance against it, via my site StopCarnivore.org.