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

And honestly, if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.

The more technological a society is, the greater the security gap is.

I tell people: if it's in the news, don't worry about it, because by definition, news is something that almost never happens.

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.

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

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