Ability Quote by Ron Wyden

It is unclear exactly how many law enforcement agencies are currently using this capability, but it is reasonable to say that while resource limitations…

— Ron Wyden

Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any…

— Bob Barr

Police departments no longer have to pay overtime or divert resources from other projects to find out where an individual goes - all they…

— Ron Wyden

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

Due to the very nature of police work, social distancing isn't always an option for our nation's law enforcement heroes.

— Chad Wolf

I’m not so sure that the conventional wisdom makes any sense. Yes, it might be technically easy to track people and all that. But…

— Rod Humble

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

— Ari Melber

I read something recently about authorities using facial recognition in cities to track people simply walking around. That's kind of unsettling.

— Ashley Zukerman

I've physically seen profiling. I've seen me walking up the street with my friends, and the police officers get out of their car and…

— Tyron Woodley

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

History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent.…

— Glenn Greenwald

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