The FBI demanded from USA Today the IP addresses of everyone that read a certain newspaper article.

The power to get that information is dangerous to a free society. I take steps to prevent such information from being recorded about me. This is also why I do not identify myself when accessing any online publication, whether text, music, video, or whatever.

Now the Department of Justice says it won't demand reports' phone records for leak investigations.

That is a small change for the better, but what we really need to do is change the Espionage Act and whatever other laws whistleblowers may be prosecuted under.