Well, the internet was in-part created by DARPA. Which is why, when online, you have to assume you're being watched or can be watched. Things like Tor are open-source tools, so you must first know how to use them. The goal is not really to hide, It's to be apart of the herd. What tor does is make everyone look like the same sheep in that herd. It doesn't mean you can't be spotted out from the herd. Anyone can see tor connections and or where they might go but, seeing what the data is is difficult. This is why things like Bitcoin are here to stay because it works on everyone agreeing to not trust each other. The assumption within the blockchain is to trust no one. This is another attribute of decentralization. I hope my weird allegory didn't confuse you more. The CIA have very good weapons, but they don't have good hackers. All the CIA can do is hire hackers, but that is another subject.

Yes, this is true with Intel. You must see the threat to do something about it. There are people to this day that swear Windows doesn't spy on them. They even go as far to defend Windows and get physically angry when that reality is brought up. It's only because they haven't seen the threat. But, now that we have leaks, we see everything. And people enter the 5 steps of grief at their own pace.

Thanks for the reply! (: