Quotes
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. – Ayn Rand, For the New Intellectual
Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to, it’s an absolute prerequisite. – Marlon Brando
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. – Fyodor Dostoevsky
I give the fight up: let there be in end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God. – Robert Browning
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin
Ultimately, arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say. – Edward Snowden
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. – David Brin
Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. In our Governments, the real power lies in the majority of the Community, and the invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from the acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of the constituents. – James Madison, Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, Volume 3
Now a few more concrete ones:
There are only two different types of companies in the world: those that have been breached and know it and those that have been breached and don’t know it. – Ted Schlein
As cybersecurity leaders, we have to create our message of influence because security is a culture, and you need the bubsiness to take place and be part of tht security culture. – Britney Hommertzheim.
There’s no silver bullet with cybersecurity; a layered defense in the only viable option. – James Scott
A breach alone is not a disaster, but mishandling it is. – Serene Davis
If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let along hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders. – Dan Farmer
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don’t understand the problems, and you don’t understand the technology. – Bruce Schneier
Hackers rarely have full knowledge of the technology stack of a target. – John McAfee