"Their non-anonymity also means that a dedicated attacker will eventually always be able to attack the system." — Andrew Poelstra (On Stake and Consensus, 2015) #anonymity #security

"Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship. And in the same manner that very significant resources spent on China's firewall, the result is that anyone who's motivated can work around it." — Julian Assange (Forbes, 2010) #censorship #leaks

"In a world without cash (a bearer and peer-to-peer form of money) all transactions must be necessarily intermediated by financial institutions. Intermediated transactions are by their nature subject to surveillance and control." — Jerry Brito (The Case for Electronic Cash, 2019) #cash #surveillance #control #intermediation

"You can pay for access to a database, download a program, or have a prescription filled — without anyone being able to trace the transaction back to you." — David Chaum (Security Without Identification, 1985) #privacy #transactions #anonymity

"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 (Secrets and Lies, 2000) #security

"Tracking everyone is no longer inconceivable, and is in fact happening all the time." — Moxie Marlinspike (We Should All Have Something To Hide, 2013) #surveillance #tracking #privacy #warning

"I see Bitcoin as ultimately becoming a reserve currency for banks, playing much the same role as gold did in the early days of banking." — Hal Finney (BitcoinTalk Forum, 2010) #bitcoin #banking #gold

"End-to-end encryption should be the default for all communication." — Moxie Marlinspike (Signal blog, 2016) #encryption #privacy

"A hash function should be a one-way function — easy to compute but difficult to reverse." — Ralph Merkle (A Certified Digital Signature, 1989) #cryptography

"Proprietary software is an injustice. It denies users freedom and keeps them divided and helpless." — Richard Stallman (Free Software, Free Society, 2002) #proprietarysoftware #freedom

"When you expose your privacy, you put us all at risk." — Carissa Véliz (Privacy is power (Aeon), 2019) #privacy #collective #warning #surveillance

"The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global social network." — fiatjaf (Nostr Protocol Documentation, 2020) #nostr #protocol #censorshipresistance

"But there is another solution, one advocated forcefully by computer scientist David Chaum. Rather than relying on new laws and more government, Chaum looks to technical solutions. And these solutions rely on the ancient science devoted to keeping information confidential: cryptography." — Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993) #cryptography #privacy #government

"If you encrypted your files, then if a court wanted your files they would have to come and threaten you and you would have the control to make the choice as to whether you would surrender your files or not." — Whitfield Diffie (ITAS Interview, 1992) #encryption #privacy

"The law enforcement folks were stuck longer in the hard-core phase, and still are, even now using Bin Laden to suggest that crypto has GONE TOO FAR, damn it." — Steven Levy (The WELL - Crypto Discussion, 2001) #lawenforcement #cryptography #government #terrorism

"Security is a process, not a product." — Bruce Schneier (Secrets and Lies, 2000) #security

"The tech powers that be are nothing without our data." — Carissa Véliz (Privacy is power (Aeon), 2019) #data #power #resistance #techcompanies

"We live in a golden age for surveillance. Everything you do can be captured." — Jacob Appelbaum (30C3 Congress, 2013) #surveillance #privacy

"It's not data that's being exploited. It's people that are being exploited. It's not data that's being manipulated, it's you that's being manipulated." — Edward Snowden (Joe Rogan Experience, 2019) #surveillance #privacy

"The keyboard is the great equalizer — better than the Glock .45." — St. Jude (Jude Milhon) (Modem Grrrl (Wired), 1995) #technology #empowerment #equality #defense