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"Surveillance is the business model of the Internet for two primary reasons: people like free, and people like convenient." (49)

"the stalker economy" -- Al Gore

"the inherently monopolistic nature of information middlemen" (57)

"the relationship is more feudal than commercial" (58)

"Taken as a whole, there's a great deal of overenthusiastic, ideologically driven surveillance going on in the US" (65)

"corporate surveillance and government surveillance aren't separate; the two support each other. It's a public private surveillance partnership that spans the world. This isn't a formal agreement, it's more an alliance of interests." (78)

"Ubiquitous surveillance means that anyone could be convicted of lawbreaking, once the police set their minds to it." (92)

"The fear of scrutiny isn't just about the present; it's about the past as well." (96)