Online Privacy Quotes

“The only way to maintain privacy on the internet is to not be on the internet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Never post family pictures online,
There's no such thing as privacy settings.
It is a total jungle out there,
In every corner predators are lurking.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“If you're thinking of a social media spring clean, start with those who never comment on or like anything you post - they're just spying on you. Next, lose the ones who only contact when they have something to sell or promote - they're using you.”
― Stewart Stafford

“End-to-End encryption is practically a meaningless phrase used by internet-based companies to coax people into believing the modern myth of online privacy.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“It is common knowledge in the programmer's circle that almost every smartphone in the world is infected with some form of trojan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Anything that says ‘smart’ in front of its name, is a potential magnet for trojans. The same goes for anything that is endorsed as ‘open source’.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Internet privacy is fiction.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“In our online world there is no way for a regular civilian to keep their phone uninfected. And that includes everybody except skilled and resourceful programmers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Privacy is not something that can be counted, divided, or “traded.” It is not a substance or collection of data points. It’s just a word that we clumsily use to stand in for a wide array of values and practices that influence how we manage our reputations in various contexts. There is no formula for assessing it: I can’t give Google three of my privacy points in exchange for 10 percent better service.”
― Vaidhyanathan Siva

“If you're thinking of doing a social media spring clean, start with those who never like or comment on anything you post - they're just spying on you. Next, lose the ones who only contact you when they have something to sell or promote - they're using you.”
― Stewart Stafford

“The death of privacy means the death of human freedom. Imagine a world of complete neural connection: shared thoughts and feelings. People begin to organize and gain access to impressive knowledge. Equality and Unity rule the day. Division and strife seem as though they will end. But soon, as with all non-private systems, things go wrong. Coercive minds dominate others. Minority thinking is literally wiped out. Variety and quirkiness smooth to dull conformity. Harassment, thought impossible, begins to flourish; innovation and imagination, needing isolation to develop, slow to a crawl. Unique thoughts dissipate as minds sync-up to the buzz of sameness.”
― Gabriel Custodiet, The Watchman Guide to Privacy: Reclaim Your Digital, Financial, and Lifestyle Freedom

“The World Wide Web can be a helpful place for statistics and facts, helpful hacks, and tips, but the digital world is also a place where security measures should be put in place, especially for youth.”
― Germany Kent

“Either Internet or Privacy
(Cybersecurity 101, Sonnet)

The purpose of a strong password
is not to keep your accounts safe,
but to keep your accounts moderately
secure against common scammers, however,

if you become a target of actual hackers,
or a person of interest to the government,
have no doubt, your internet
activities are already monitored.

Paranoia of cybersecurity only ruins sanity,
it does nothing to establish security.
No technology that's connected
to the internet is unhackable,
either you can have internet or privacy.

So, don't post family pictures online,
keep your passwords moderately complex,
refrain from consentless content,
cloud is the last place to be private.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“The purpose of a strong password is not to keep your accounts safe, but to keep your accounts moderately secure against common scammers, however, if you become a target of actual hackers, or a person of interest to the government, have no doubt, your internet activities are already monitored.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Either Internet or Privacy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Don't post family pictures online,
keep your passwords moderately complex,
refrain from consentless content,
cloud is the last place to be private.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop