Spyware 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

“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

“Apple Inc. does not allow iPhone purchasers to use the device as they wish, but as Apple Inc. intends. Dear and fundamental as our cellphone has become to each of use, almost like an extension of our personhood, we don't so much own our phone as lease it under inflexible company made restrictions. Avis is not going to let somebody rebuild a core engine during the term of the rental, right? Well, Apple doesn't want its customers so much as looking under the hood, let alone tinkering with anything.”
― Laurent Richard, Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy