"Diplomacy has always involved dinners with ruling elites, backroom deals and clandestine meetings. Now, in the digital age, the reports of all those parties and patrician chats can be collected in one enormous database. And once collected in digital form, it becomes very easy for them to be shared."
Heather Brooke"The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future."
Heather Brooke"When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics."
Heather Brooke"CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue, there is very little solid data in the public domain about the costs, quantity and effectiveness of surveillance."
Heather Brooke"Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite."
Heather Brooke