Surveillance
spy spying phone telephone
“There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.”
― Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
freedom opinion expression information
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
observation free act
“Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.”
― Edward Snowden
privacy hide speech say surveillance
“Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
― Edward Snowden
suppose know public servant private individual
“The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's why they're called public servants. They're supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that's why we're called private individuals.”
― Glenn Greenwald
angry vault7 boycott google microsoft facebook linkedin
“You'll have the right to be angry about Vault 7 only after you boycott dragnet surveillance data providers like Google, Microsoft, Skype, Facebook and LinkedIn. The true threat is coming from the private sector surveillance profiteers.”
― James Scott
amateur front-line security personnel amateur
“If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.”
― Bruce Schneier
surrender freedom security give up
“Those who are willing to surrender their freedom for security have always demanded that if they give up their full freedom it should also be taken from those not prepared to do so.”
― Freidrich Hayek (1899-1992)
people understand freedom
“Not enough people know or understand just how little freedom we have left.”
― Korban Blake
program terrorism economy spy control power
“These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.”
― Edward Snowden
capacity tyranny america usa abyss
“There is now the capacity to make tyranny total in America. Only law ensures that we never fall into that abyss—the abyss from which there is no return.”
― James Bamford
data pollution information privacy environment challenge
“Data is the pollution problem of the information age, and protecting privacy is the environmental challenge.”
― Bruce Schneier
nsa surveillance terror spy control power
“I think this mass surveillance by the NSA was never about terrorism: It's all about economic spying & social control. It's all about POWER.”
― Ziad K. Abdelnour
Liberty - Safety
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both."
—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Martin Niemøller - First they came socialist jew
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
—Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)
person nothing to hide dull exhibitionist
"Show me a person who has nothing to hide, and I'll show you a person who is either exceedingly dull - or a complete exhibitionist"
— Phil Zimmermann
public policy decistion technology police state government
"When making public policy decisions about new technologies for the Government, I think one should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand of a police state. Then, do not allow the Government to deploy those technologies."
— Phil Zimmermann