Doesn't really present much evidence that this is happening so far, but I wouldn't be surprised if the continuing revelations push more and more hackers in this direction, especially at the margins. The possibility of such a "self-correcting" measure to the surveillance state, even without legislative reform, is one reason to be optimistic (though it would be naive to put too much hope in that alone)
I dont know about your second point, but I definitely agree the link quotes another article that says something "might" happen.
While I hope that the intelligencia of america wake the hell up and stop cooperating, this article is a crock of shit.