17 Quotes by Jim Harper

What we're seeing is just the start of a trend in which government prosecutors will use (Internet) search results in criminal investigations.

The place to control what is displayed on a home computer screen is in the home. It's up to parents -- not the government -- to control what kids see online.

On the other level, it communicates to companies directly that this is something that matters, and they need to have policies on point. They need to decide for themselves that we only share data subject to legitimate legal processes, and we don't share data informally, and we defend the privacy of our customers.

Having a national ID would promote a surveillance society that we should all dread.

Criminals don't realize that when they have a single piece of mail that's stolen, they can get sentenced up to five years in prison--and up to 250 thousand dollar fine. And that's pretty serious.

I understand that the directive may conflict with national laws, such as the German Constitution. There will be many more interesting twists and turns before it is put into full effect. Hopefully, for the sake of Europeans, it never will be. This shows how European law serves the interests of governments and bureaucrats much more than the European people. The error of entrusting privacy protection to government officials is becoming startlingly clear there.

You've got to remember the entire picture. The technology allows more good from the good people than bad from the bad people. It has immense positive consequences.

This is a symbol of what's to come - that is, the government expecting to be able to dip into private databases to do all kind of surveillance and research.

This is the camel's nose under the tent for using search engines and all kinds of data aggregators as surveillance tools.