Comprehensive Quote by Glenn Greenwald

Surveillance is the business model of the Internet.

— Bruce Schneier

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

It doesn't thrill me to bits that the state has to use the tools of electronic surveillance to keep us safe, but it seems…

— John Lanchester

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

— Ban Ki-moon

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

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

— Dana Bash

Preventing surveillance of millions of people at a time is totally within our ability.

— Alex Stamos

“Converting the Internet into a system of surveillance thus guts it of its core potential. Worse, it turns the Internet into a tool of…

— Glenn Greenwald

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

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

The Internet is the most liberating tool for humanity ever invented, and also the best for surveillance. It's not one or the other. It's…

— John Perry Barlow