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Information agencies operate in an industry that values data. Restricted access to information is what makes it valuable.

How do you manage your online identity? It's something I talk about with my students all the time.

Big Brother doesn't like all these Little Brothers looking at it.

It's incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation.

Despite the barrage of information about me that is publicly available, I live a surprisingly private and anonymous life.

If 300 million people were to offer up the details of their private lives, you would need to hire another 300 million people just to keep up.

I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that.

The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera.

We're all creating an archive of our own lives, whether we're aware of it or not.

It's really weird watching the government watch me.