Quotes About Surveillance

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.

stop spying on the lawful citizenry. Democracy and dossiers go ill together. It is all right for God but all wrong for the State to keep its eye on sparrows.

As the CIA and KGB, like God and Satan, fight Miltonic battles across five continents.

I wonder why no one called the police about the rocket launcher? God knows my neighbors usually report it if I so much as fart in my backyard. (Bubba)

You can't have a back door that's only for the good guys.

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

Twitter is not a good place for people who feel they're being followed.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.

Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen.

When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry.

No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.

The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

At Google, we see and feel the dangers of the government-led Net crackdown.

The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything.

Being on President Nixon's enemies list was the highest single honor I've ever received. Who knows who's listening to me now and what government list I'm on?

If you want a Big Brother, you get all that comes with it.

Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.

They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behaviour in the world known to them.

Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.