If only Obama would have struck this damn bill down in the first place this would probably not be an issue.

Private windows / "incognito mode" is a solution, as RoboGraham pointed out. Also, I'm experimenting with replacing my ad blocker with Privacy Badger from the EFF. It tracks 3rd party URLs and if they are holding cookies across more than 3 sites, it blocks that content from loading -- from the perspective of those sites, you just disappear. This works for ads, but also for tracking pixels and the like. The idea is to eliminate cross-site tracking.

The other thing I'm going to mess with is the Tor browser. Tor is slow, but I have gigabit ethernet so I probably won't notice. Probably can't use it for everything but should reduce my footprint.

There's something called HTTPS tunneling that might be outside my expertise or patience, but I'm going to look at that also.

I should hasten to add, none of this is to cover up any nefarious activity; it is just that the scope of what the government, now or in the future, might regard as nefarious is going to increase until everyone has something to hide. It's just a night-follows-day progression at this point.

As a final step I may just have to stop posting anything anti-guv-mint on sites like this, or anything that exposes my unapproved ideologies, which ultimately means no more posting on atheist-associated sites. That day is, I fear, fast approaching.

I use private browsing windows for my nefarious activities so I think I'm in the clear.