The idea of patenting an idea, material or process in this day and age makes no sense to me.
All these things are built on 10.000 generations of improving upon others inventions, and the changes are incremental. What hubris to claim an idea or process as your own? Marketing an idea et al. for profit needs no such protection (see the fashion industry). It is a cowing to profit beyond the interests of society as a whole. And this is even ignoring the fact that due to the principles of discovery many idea's, materials and processes can be discovered near-simultaneosly. /rant

'I believe that there are a select few with great power in Belize that will go to great lengths to harm me', McAfee said. 'This fire was not just a strange coincidence'.
'Somebody's cast a high level Firewall'.

It's argue, not believe, but anyway.

http://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix2.html

People (drunk, ignorant, criminal, other, or any combination of the aforementioned) will attempt to shove it up your ass...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/17/steve-mann-attacked-paris-mcdonalds-digital-eye-glass-photos_n_1680263.html

Garlon was the brother of King Pellam. He killed Sir Herlews le Berbeus and later Sir Perin de Montbeliard. A life of crime is easily contemplated when one has slain two men of honor, and possesses a cloak of invisibility.

http://listverse.com/2010/06/22/top-10-greatest-empires-in-history/

A point could be made for "most willfully ignorant", but that's about it.

Where in my post did I use the terms evil, overlord or scumbag? Your lack of reading comprehension in no way entitles you to using the paranoid moron dreaming idiot idiom, but I shall attempt to refrain stooping to your level.

Censorship and surveillance are tools. When used by our servants and representatives to enable and cover up secret police, secret laws, secret sentences, state-sponsored abductions, torture and assassinations I think we have every right to be concerned.

It is probably hard for you to comprehend, but there are (many) Chinese who believe there's no place like China, and many Russians who believe Russia is the bastion of liberty on this planet.

How do you prefer your censorship?
Overt or covert?
And the same could be asked of surveillance.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/82701103/Analyst-Desktop-Binder-REDACTED

Plomo o plata, I think journalism/blogs/social media are as censored in Russia, Europe and America as it is in China.
The tactics might differ but the strategy is consistent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Sun

"The book focuses on the unusual traditions and culture of Solarian society. The planet has a rigidly controlled population of twenty thousand, and robots outnumber humans ten thousand to one. People are strictly taught from birth to despise personal contact. They live on huge estates, either alone or with their spouse only. Communication is done via holographic telepresence (called viewing, as opposed to in-person seeing)".

http://www.salon.com/2011/07/07/bradley_manning_american_hero/

"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master".

        Commissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"

And add to this the fact that it is well known that the Photon is in fact the fun boson; cf. Photon-torpedos.

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah al-Streisand effect.

society has poisoned TV, movies and video games.

protecting the expression of unpopular or unfashionable opinion about serious or trivial matters, or banter or humor, even if distasteful to some and painful to those subjected to it ; ).