Comment The young do not know enough to be prudent.... (Score 1) 90
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.” -- Pearl S. Buck
Given that monitoring is impossible to prevent or really limit, all efforts should be made in shaming those taking bad ACTIONS based upon collected data.
It is not impossible to prevent or limit.
There are many projects working on software and technologies to do just that. Some are:
What you're saying
RedPhone and TextSecure: https://whispersystems.org/
Wickr: https://www.mywickr.com/en/index.php/
Parley.co: http://parley.co/
Silent Circle: https://silentcircle.com/
Seecrypt: https://www.seecrypt.com/
Who you're saying it to / who or where you are
Tor: https://www.torproject.org/
Both (for the most part)
LEAP: https://leap.se/ (Full disclosure: I am a developer on this project)
to name a few
Admission: I am not completely familiar with the details of many of these projects