As an Internet user and online shopper, you may have more in common with your friendly neighborhood spook at the CIA than you think - both you and the agents who look out for your national security are concerned about remaining anonymous online. Unlike the CIA, you probably won't have to pay for it in the next few years - as long as the companies offering these tools can stay in business.
A host of firms have opened up shop to make sure that you can do your surfing, shopping and browsing in peace, but the question they have yet to answer is whether privacy is a product from which they can profit.
The CIA and, among other companies, American Express recently have sealed some rich deals with companies specializing in covering up or disguising Web usage through various technologies, suggesting that, yes, this may be a growth market - but not by selling to individual users.
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