“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.”

“It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.”

“In America, you have the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. You've got drones now being considered for domestic surveillance. You have the National Security Agency building the world's ...”

“There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics.”

“Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.”

“The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future.”

“Now I existed solely thanks to the quantum paradox, my brain a collection of qubits in quantum superposition, encoding truths and memories, imagination and irrationality in opposing, contradictory ...”

“Perception requires imagination because the data people encounter in their lives are never complete and always equivocal. For example, most people consider that the greatest evidence of an event on...”

“Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.”