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.

The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.

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

If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.

If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different.

Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.