Analysis Quote by Jill Lepore

Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.

— Jill Lepore

Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we…

— Mary Alice Monroe

“Privacy is a protection from the unreasonable use of state and corporate power. But that is, in a sense, a secondary thing. In the…

— Nick Harkaway

The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the…

— Jonathan Zittrain

“Privacy is a modern invention.”

— Lauren McLaughlin

“By calling something a secret, we state our right not to reveal, to maintain privacy.”

— Paul Ekman

“Privacy seems not an illusion for those who want to believe in secrecy principle.”

— Toba Beta

In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can be alone…

— Bell Hooks

The way that we tend to think about privacy is not that you have to keep everything secret, it's not that you can't share…

— Jennifer Lynch

“the desire for privacy is shared by us all as an essential, not ancillary, part of what it means to be human. We all…

— Glenn Greenwald

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

— Glenn Greenwald

Privacy is not a static construct. It is not an inherent property of any particular information or setting. It is a process by which…

— danah boyd