Activists Quote by Glenn Greenwald

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

— James William Steven Parker

Cloud services cut both ways in terms of security: you get off-site backup and disaster recovery, but you entrust your secrets to somebody else's…

— Barton Gellman

“[T]here is both an intrinsic and instrumental value to privacy. Intrinsically, privacy is precious to the extent that it is a component of a…

— John W. Whitehead

Individuality, family, and community are, by definition, expressions of singular organization, never of "one-right-way" thinking on the grand scale. Children and families need some…

— John Taylor Gatto

“Government surveillance is an egregious violation of personal autonomy, leaving in its wake not only legal ramifications but a trail of emotional turmoil and…

— James William Steven Parker

Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

— Bruce Schneier

A big factor is that the enthusiast camp's values are really rooted in Silicon Valley and in these supposedly new business models. But again,…

— Astra Taylor

The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything,

— Eric Schmidt

The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government…

— Elizabeth Holtzman

“Government surveillance is a violation of our intrinsic right to privacy, a breach that extends beyond legal boundaries into the emotional terrain of fear…

— James William Steven Parker

I think that has a lot of dangers, as does government surveillance, which is way too high.

— Noam Chomsky

Closed Circuit' came out of a general anxiety about surveillance. Government surveillance and private surveillance.

— Steven Knight

The nature of the government's surveillance on me and my family is forensically proven and not subject to legitimate question.

— Sharyl Attkisson

“Even though we don't know which companies the NSA has compromised – or by what means – knowing that they could have compromised any…

— Bruce Schneier

Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in…

— Yochai Benkler