Quotes About Privacy

I've got a presence on all the social networks, in fact, but I've never once sent a message. I'm there because otherwise, someone's going to pretend to be me.

I've got a Facebook page, but I've never put anything on it. I've got a presence on all the social networks, in fact, but I've never once sent a message. I'm there because, otherwise, someone's going to pretend to be me.

We really need to get control over Social Security numbers. My children's generation, they're past it. But their children should be able to have a number that is secure.

You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to.

There has to be a better, smarter way to authenticate who somebody is. Social Security numbers are floating out there everywhere.

Over the past several decades, a growing number of investors have been choosing to put their money in funds that screen companies for their environmental and labor records. Some socially responsible investors are starting to add free expression and privacy to their list of criteria.

Pen names have always fascinated me, in part because I understand the professional and economic and even societal reasons to do so.

I think a lot of societal good is already being done with facial recognition technology.

Who I am really doesn't matter at all. If I'm the worst person in the world, you can hate me and move on. What really matters here are the issues. What really matters here is the kind of government we want, the kind of Internet we want, the kind of relationship between people and societies.

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.

Governments are scared of software.

You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom.

I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.

I have never sold my story, done 'Hello!' magazine, any of that stuff. I'm not guilty of exploiting my private life for cash and then saying, 'Oh, I don't want to talk about my private life.' I've never crossed that line.

Everything we're doing online is being not just monitored, but that information is being packaged up and sold and resold to manipulate us.

It's interesting - what are you willing to give up in terms of your privacy for access to other people? For access to things you think you desperately need. Ultimately, it's that old saying, isn't it? If the service is free, then the product is you. The thing being sold is you. There's a product for sale in you and your data.

I feel like I can't be sick without some story being made up or some photos being sold a month later.

My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.

Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see that others are giving. The richest people, in particular, should be setting an example.

I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me.

I'm quite a solitary person. I like being on my own.

I sort of came from a big family - eight kids - and I guess I always, more than most people, really revel in privacy and solitude sometimes.

How can we have our privacy? How can we have our independence now in these times with these cameras? Because I think privacy and our solitude is really important.