We should fight for privacy as an inclusive concept, benefiting everyone in the same way.
More people will fight for privacy and security than look to restrict it, even in the most repressive parts of the world.
He had to fight for privacy rights of his constituents, but by doing that he had to deal with questions about what he was hiding.
"The CERN scientific community has always been very attuned to Internet-related issues so when the NSA spying story broke, many of us were outraged that mass surveillance was also so prevalent in the U.S. and Europe," said Yen. "This was something that really drove us to take action because if we realised if we don't fight for privacy, nobody is going to do it for us".
The EFF's evaluation criteria, each of which is worth one star, were "Tell users abut data demands," "Be transparent about government requests," "Fight for users privacy in the courts" and "Fight for user privacy in Congress".
Every year for the past three years, some form of cybersecurity bill has been introduced, and every year for the past three years civil liberties organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have fought hard for privacy.
"No," he says emphatically, adding without apparent irony, "You have to fight for your privacy or you lose it".
Lastly, here's something I found that would be a nice thing to have done last weekend to prepare for The Day We Fight Back – DIY projects to fight for online privacy.
I'm concerned that we need to fight for our privacy or we'll lose it and the reason this is a concern of mine is that it's natural for these tools and technologies to aggregate information about citizens.
And they have to do something to fight for their privacy," he adds.
I don't necessarily trust the Amazons and Googles of the world to fight for my privacy, but I know they won't sell my hosting data to third-party advertisers and scammers.
