The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news - car crashes, domestic violence - that we should worry.

For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We become children, fettered under watchful eyes, constantly fearful that-either now or in the uncertain future-patterns we leave behind will be brought back to implicate us, by whatever authority has now become focused upon our once-private and innocent acts. We lose our individuality, because everything we do is observable and recordable.

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.

People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.

Privacy is a fundamental human need.

People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.

Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.