“E-mail, when it became mobile - what happened? Utilization of email went through the roof. Just pure Internet access and data - what happens when you mobilize it? Multiples. People are dependent upon broadband and as you mobilize it, they become even more dependent on broadband.” PeopleHappensHappenedInternetPureAccessDataDependentMailRoofEmailMobileUtilizationBroadbandInternet Access Author:Randall L. Stephenson
“While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.” WayGivingMightPastInterestAudienceHappenedData Author:Kevin Spacey
“Let's say tomorrow that there was a president, that we elected a president that eliminated the bulk collection of data. Let's just say it happened. What do you think would happen? People are like 'the sky would fall. We would be overrun with jihadists.' Maybe we could rely on the Constitution. Maybe we could get warrants. ... If you make the warrant specific, there's no limit to what you can get through a warrant.” PeopleIfsThinkingHappensWould BeFallPresidentHappenedSkyTomorrowLimitsConstitutionDataRelyCollectionsNsaWarrants Author:Rand Paul
“Something really big happened in the world's wiring in the last decade, but it was obscured by the financial crisis and post-9/11. We went from a connected world to a hyperconnected world. I'm always struck that Facebook, Twitter, 4G, iPhones, iPads, high-speech broadband, ubiquitous wireless and Web-enabled cellphones, the cloud, Big Data, cellphone apps and Skype did not exist or were in their infancy a decade ago.” WorldBigsLastsChangeHappenedCrisisFinancialCloudsConnectedDecadesDataPostsInfancyIphoneAppsFinancial CrisisWirelessIpadsCellphoneWiringSkype Author:Thomas Friedman
“Part of what we're trying to do is lay out what really happened. For example, I've been trying to get across that the intelligence leadership did not just keep the country in the dark. They actively misled the country on key issues. When you have someone who heads the NSA saying we don't hold data at all on US citizens, that's one of the most misleading statements I believe that's ever been made about surveillance policy. And I think that now we're starting to get that message across.” ThinkingTryingBelieveMadeCountryI BelieveDarkIssuesHappenedPolicyExampleKeysCitizensMessagesLaysStartingStatementsDataSurveillanceMisleadNsaMisled Author:Ron Wyden
“If Senator Rubio were doing his job and in Congress more, he might know that the program 'phone records of a potential terrorist cause' continues. It's been ongoing for the last six months. So the Paris tragedy, this tragedy happened while we were still doing bulk collection, all bulk collection. Also in France, they have a program a thousand-fold more invasive, collecting all of the data of all of the French.” IfsKnowsStillsMightJobsLastsCausesRecordsHappenedMonthsThousandSixProgramTragedyCongressPhonesTerroristDataFranceParisCollectionsSenatorsSix MonthsOngoingFoldsCollecting Author:Rand Paul
“Looking at the data and at my drug use and evaluating it carefully just let me see that I wasn't special, but my drug use challenged what I thought about cocaine. Because I would accept when I would say, "What happened to that person?" and someone would say, "They started using cocaine...they went downhill..." I would just accept that, even though I had a different experience and all these other people had a different experience. But I would throw that out because I thought my experience was an aberration.” PeoplePersonsDifferentUseAcceptingHappenedSpecialDrugLet MeDataCocaineAberrationDifferent ExperiencesDrug Use Author:Carl Hart