Metadata equals surveillance; it's that simple.

It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.

Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can't break.

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

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.

Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users, and they don't affect performance. It's much cheaper to release buggy software and fix the 5% to 10% of bugs people find and complain about.

Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.