Quotes About Surveillance

I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.

I think we're on too many government watch lists. We'd better let this one go.

I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn't be intrusive.

One of the things I think is really problematic about something like [government] spyware is that it isn't transparent - because of that anonymity and that secrecy, there aren't laws to regulate it.

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

I think most Americans are against illegal surveillance of their emails and telephone calls by the government.

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

The atmosphere of fear and security manipulated by the government has converted American citizens into terrorist suspects who are all subject to arbitrary and unreviewable detention and surveillance.

Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?O'Brien: Of course he exists.Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?O'Brien: You do not exist.

There's no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, 'The government's corrupt, ' and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.

Obamacare has made the government part of our health care decisions. The IRS controls all of our financial information. The NSA apparently sees everything else.

Experiment or not, the government is always watching. - Felix

The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.

Congress has an obligation to clear the legal fog by passing my bill to require the federal government to obtain a warrant if it wants to conduct aerial surveillance.

After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.

Big Government is erecting a panopticon state - one that sees everything, and regulates everything. It's great "customer service," except that you can never get out of the store.

...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious.

The VCR is to the American film producer, as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.

The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being examined. Their homes can be invaded.

Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It's kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald's and not eat the fries on the way home.

If you log onto this (Cars.gov) at your home, everything in your home is now theirs.

By "trampling upon the helpless abroad" with unchecked surveillance, Americans have learned, "by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home."

If you buy your husband or boyfriend a video camera, for the first few weeks he has it, lock the door when you go to the bathroom. Most of my husband's early films end with a scream and a flush.

To give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.