One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a trade-off between security and privacy. But this is a trade that goes only one way. It's clear that we've lost control over what personal information is public and what we prefer to keep private. The new reality is that they see us, but we can't see them.


Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of Surveillance States (2014)


One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a trade-off between security and privacy. ...

One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a trade-off between security and privacy. ...

One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a trade-off between security and privacy. ...

One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a trade-off between security and privacy. ...