"Study after study has shown that human behavior changes when we know we’re being watched. Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free."
— Surveillance

January 1, 1970

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Edward Snowden, "NSA spying is causing Americans to self-censor their Internet activity," 8 May 2014, article by Gregory Ferenstein