Changes Quote by Mikko Hypponen

It's fascinating to see how things have changed. Basically, every time the US government gets off the soapbox of the Sunday-morning talk shows, the…

— Edward Snowden

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

— Ari Melber

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

— Nat Hentoff

We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go…

— Larry Craig

There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness' and the…

— Michael Hastings

Look at the reactions of liberal governments to the surveillance revelations during the last years. In the United States, we've got this big debate,…

— Edward Snowden

In the United States, there hasn't been much legislative change on the surveillance issue, although there are some tepid proposals.

— Edward Snowden

“Expecting the US government to operate a massive surveillance machine in complete secrecy without falling prey to its temptations runs counter to every historical…

— Glenn Greenwald

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

“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

No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and marginalized who…

— Glenn Greenwald

There's been spying for years, there's been surveillance for years, and so forth, I'm not going to pass judgement on that, it's the nature…

— Eric Schmidt