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is installed in the item you just dragged home from the Apple store.

Big Brother is home. He is installed in the item you just dragged home from the Apple store.

is a system that has the balance and incentives right, and that is why it is starting to take off.

Bitcoin actually has the balance and incentives right, and that is why it is starting to take off.

is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear.

is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another.

Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another.

is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.

Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.

is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented. It is the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations and the communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to US intelligence. Facebook, Google, Yahoo.

Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented. Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations and the communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to US intelligence. Facebook, Google, Yahoo.. all these major US organizations have built-in interfaces for US intelligence. It's not a matter of serving a subpoena. They have an interface that they have developed for US intelligence to use.

is, if viewed historically, effectively America's political police.

If you look at the history of the FBI, it has become effectively America's political police.

is the smooth central representation of the DC consensus.

Hillary Clinton is the smooth central representation of all that, and 'all that' is more or less what is in power now in the United States. It's what we call the establishment or the DC consensus. One of the more significant Podesta emails that we released was about how the Obama cabinet was formed and how half the Obama cabinet was basically nominated by a representative from Citi Bank. This is quite amazing.

is a threat to human civilization. It is our greatest tool of emancipation which has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen.

The internet, our greatest tool of emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen. The internet is a threat to human civilization.

is the noble art of seizing reality back from the powerful.

Reality is an aspect of property. It must be seized. And investigative journalism is the noble art of seizing reality back from the powerful.

is controversial, by its nature, if it is good.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

is distinguished from Mark Zuckerberg in that he gives private information on corporations to you for free, and is a villain while Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he’s Man of the Year.

What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private information on corporations to you for free, and I'm a villain. Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he’s Man of the Year.

is central to democracy. Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship.

Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship.

is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.

We Are Drowning in Material'. Interview with Michael Sontheimer, www.spiegel.de. July 20, 2015.

is the only real passion worth being ruled by.

Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.

is not a preferable term; cold dead glass is transparent. Education or understanding are preferable, for they are also more human.

I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent. I prefer education or understanding, which are more human.

is an aspect of property. It must be seized. And investigative journalism is the noble art of seizing reality back from the powerful.

is bound to breed incompetence because where there is failure, failure is kept secret.

Secrecy breeds incompetence because where there is failure, failure is kept secret.

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