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This marketization of personal information is a big mistake.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Big Big Mistake Information Mistake Personal Personal Information

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Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it works, it is usually because it is done behind closed doors. But this may be increasingly hard to achieve in the age of Twittering bureaucrats.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Achieve Age Because Behind Bureaucrats Closed Closed Doors Demands Diplomacy Done Doors Element Government Hard Increasingly May Open Perhaps Should Subject U.s. Government Whenever Works

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Steve Jobs was notoriously blunt about products he found wanting, but his attack on Flash - Adobe's popular technology for playing multimedia content inside a browser - was particularly vicious. Claiming it was buggy and insecure, Jobs banned it from the iPad.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: About Attack Banned Blunt Browser Claiming Content Flash Found He His Insecure Inside Ipad Jobs Multimedia Particularly Playing Popular Products Steve Steve Jobs Technology Vicious Wanting

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The bigger the network, the harder it is to leave. Many users find it too daunting to start afresh on a new site, so they quietly consent to Facebook's privacy bullying.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Bigger Bullying Consent Daunting Facebook Find Harder Leave Many Network New Privacy Quietly Site Start Too Users

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Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Always Authoritarian Citizens Democratic Driving Enjoy Even Fast Faster Many Over Prefer Roads Safer Safety Societies Speed Virtually

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The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: After American American Government Anything Asking Back Been Being Build Commerce Companies Department Director Doors Freedom Going Government Home Internet Online Piracy Said Silicon Silicon Valley Spy Them Valley Visiting Wants Fbi

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One possible future for WikiLeaks is to morph into a gigantic media intermediary - perhaps, even something of a clearing house for investigative reporting - where even low-level leaks would be matched with the appropriate journalists to pursue and report on them and, perhaps, even with appropriate NGOs to advocate on their causes.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Advocate Appropriate Causes Clearing Even Future Gigantic House Investigative Journalists Leaks Matched Media Perhaps Possible Pursue Report Reporting Something Them Where Wikileaks Would Ngos

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A vibrant civil society can challenge those in power by documenting corruption or uncovering activities like the murder of political enemies. In democracies, this function is mostly performed by the media, NGOs or opposition parties.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Activities Challenge Civil Civil Society Corruption Democracy Enemies Function Like Media Mostly Opposition Parties Performed Political Power Society Those Vibrant Ngos

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WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire U.S. government is forced to go through a full-body scanner.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Entire Forced Go Government Happens Through U.s. Government Wikileaks

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When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that's a direct quote - it may help in the short run by getting more people onto Facebook by making it more popular with dissidents.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Democracy Department Direct Ever Facebook Getting Help Making May More More People Most Onto Organic People Popular Promoting Quote Run Seen Short Someone State State Department Tool World

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