Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security

When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.

Choosing providers is not a choice between surveillance/not; it's just choosing which feudal lord gets to spy on you.

It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics.

It is sort of interesting that in our society this days we are very quick to apply the term 'war' to places where thare are no actual wars, and loath to apply the term 'war' when we are actually fighting wars.

The mantra of any good security engineer is: "Security is a not a product, but a process." It's more than designing strong cryptography into a system; it's designing the entire system such that all security measures, including cryptography, work together.