Yet. But new laws and treaties such as SOPA and ACTA are conceived every day...
I'm not sure about ACTA, but SOPA was pushed by a very different group. Anonymous communications are basically off the radar.
We're almost at the point now where you can be indefinitely detained on mere suspicion of being a terrorist.
Being a U.S. Citizen noncombatant detained without charge? That's a big line to cross, legally. I'm fairly confident it hasn't been.
And if you happen to have a suspicious-sounding last name, and you happen to be using suspicious services such as Tor to communicate with your relatives in a suspicious country such as Syria -- then you're acting very suspiciously indeed.
Yes, but do you think they'd go for the little guy - you? No. They'd get a warrant, spy on you to get the big guys wherever. When they find you're not a terrorist, they can go after you or not based on what you're actually doing - or not. Or possibly they could be confused. It's not perfectly safe. But they're not aiming at you specifically just because you're using the anonymizing service.
This sounds a bit like the "if you're innocent, you've got nothing to hide" maxim.
A little bit. If you're innocent, then an investigation is a big hassle, but it's way less severe than permanent incarceration or death.
Anonymous communications are basically off the radar.
Depends on whose radar you're talking about. The laws aimed at hunting down terrorists, and the laws aimed at hunting down pirates, are being pushed by different people, but they are converging rather rapidly.
Being a U.S. Citizen noncombatant detained without charge?
Is it ok to detain non-US citizens without charge ?
Yes, but do you think they'd go for the little guy - you? No. They'd get a warrant, spy on you to get the big guys wherever.
I'm not ok with being spied on just because someone wan...
Referring, of course, to the proposed U.S. legislation which could cause severe damage to the Internet—at least, that's what a lot of people are saying. See, e.g., this Open Letter From Internet Engineers to the U.S. Congress (the first signatory listed is Vint Cerf). On Wikipedia, people including Jimbo Wales are discussing strategies as extreme as blanking the entire site (except for an explanatory message) to get people's attention, and thereby perhaps incite them to action, such as calling their Congressional representative.
I just happened to find out about all this a few hours ago, being someone who tries to avoid distractions like most kinds of news, so possibly others here with similar habits will appreciate having it called to ther attention. Or possibly they won't. But to those of you who possess relevant kinds of expertise:
(I think this subject can be discussed without political advocacy, in which I am mostly not at all interested anyway. It just looks like a practical problem to me.)
Edited to Add: I forgot to include a fourth bullet point:
It seems to have been assumed by many commenters, nevertheless.