Surveillance Quotes · Page 2

Foreigners like me have no privacy rights whatsoever. Yet we keep using U.S.-based services all the time, making us a legal target…

— Mikko Hypponen

Surveillance legislation passed in good faith has been stretched well beyond its original purpose.

— Dominic Grieve

I want to build a wired ocean that helps us take back the seas from poachers and illegal fishers. To do this,…

— Barbara Block

The atmosphere of fear and security manipulated by the government has converted American citizens into terrorist suspects who are all subject to…

— Richard A. Falk

As I found myself in the thick of the biggest investigative story of my career, I suffered state-backed computer hacking of my…

— Clare Rewcastle Brown

While Congress saw some need to loosen the standard in the initial days of a war, it wanted the president to comply…

— Jonathan Turley

There is a lot of envy, there is a lot of flak that we as children of the industry get for what…

— Akshaye Khanna

From that point on, the extraordinary system of spies and informers which has played an important part in the political work of…

— Charles Tilly

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

— Andrew Vachss

Do you have someone watching her house?” (Stephanie) “That kind of surveillance only happens in the movies. We’re so underbudgeted we’re one…

— Janet Evanovich

I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I…

— Ban Ki-moon

“Love and Freedom of Thoughts is a fast-acting antidote against the misanthropic cold sword of mass surveillance.”

— sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Not enough people know or understand just how little freedom we have left

— Korban Blake

I was hoping to catch [Vladimir] Putin in a lie - like what happened to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper [in…

— Edward Snowden

U.S. surveillance of Pakistan extends far beyond its nuclear program. There are several references in the black budget to expanding U.S. scrutiny…

— Barton Gellman

Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.

— Patrisse Cullors

As we have all said, we understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want…

— Chris Van Hollen

I listen a little to the Democrats, and if one of them gets elected, we are going on defense," Giuliani continued. "We…

— Rudy Giuliani

To deal with COVID-19, countries like India, Brazil, Jordan and Thailand are cutting press freedom and freedom of expression. In nations like…

— Maria Ressa

I am continuously amazed by innovations in security and surveillance technology as a member of the House committees on both Homeland Security…

— Will Hurd

“The Social Engineers wet dream is to be able to surveil us in our sleep”

— Dean Cavanagh

We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity…

— David Blunkett

“Government surveillance is a blatant violation of our fundamental right to privacy, an intrusion into the sacred space where personal thoughts and…

— James William Steven Parker

It's every little girl's dream," she said. "Interpol surveillance. And kittens.

— Ally Carter

Digital surveillance programs require concrete data centres; intelligence agencies are based in real buildings. Surveillance systems ultimately consist of technologies, people, and…

— Trevor Paglen