Allowing Quote by Evgeny Morozov

Surveillance is the business model of the Internet.

— Bruce Schneier

“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

Governmental surveillance is not about the government collecting the information you're sharing publicly and willingly; it's about collecting the information you don't think you're…

— Mikko Hypponen

Surveillance technologies now available - including the monitoring of virtually all digital information - have advanced to the point where much of the essential…

— Al Gore

Like any extraordinary power, surveillance provides temptations for abuse, such as tracking political opponents and journalists.

— Ari Melber

The first thing to understand about surveillance video in public places is that there is already a lot of it going on - though…

— Adam Cohen

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

— Dana Bash

The CCP has deployed frightening advances in surveillance technology across China that the government can utilize to control, silence and oppress its population.

— Young Kim

To permit surveillance to take root on the Internet would mean subjecting virtually all forms of human interaction, planning, and even thought itself to…

— Glenn Greenwald

What would the infrastructure of the Internet look like if mass surveillance wasn't its business model?

— Trevor Paglen

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

— Trevor Paglen

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

— Nat Hentoff