Choices Quote by Bruce Schneier

“Surveillance is surveillance. I can never understand why some people think it matters whether it's the government doing it to you or a company.”

— Ken Liu

“A prime justification for surveillance—that it’s for the benefit of the population—relies on projecting a view of the world that divides citizens into categories…

— Glenn Greenwald

When we think in the context of the last decade's infringements upon personal liberty and the last year's revelations, it's not about surveillance. It's…

— Edward Snowden

Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss of privacy…

— Victor C. Ferkiss

I think it's a mistake to downgrade and say surveillance is no big deal. It is a huge deal that we are collecting millions…

— Rand Paul

Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.

— Tommy Douglas

Surveillance is the business model of the Internet.

— Bruce Schneier

Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the right to…

— Edward Snowden

Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether…

— Edward Snowden

Surveillance has long been theorized as a way to control the surveilled - namely, by getting them to police themselves out of fear of…

— Sarah Jeong

I think most people accept that it is necessary to have some surveillance in a democratic society. I think most people accept that it's…

— Keir Starmer

A crucial question is how to balance surveillance with privacy and keeping Americans safe.

— Dana Bash