The more we expect technology to protect us from people in the same way it protects us from nature, the more we will sacrifice the very values of our society in futile attempts to achieve this security.

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.

Cryptography products may be declared illegal, but the information will never be

Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.

Metadata equals surveillance; it's that simple.

It's certainly easier to implement bad security and make it illegal for anyone to notice than it is to implement good security.

The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.