" When any of us surfs the Web, when we do a search or make a purchase, or even when a Turkish, Egyptian, or Russian dissident communicates via Skype or FaceTime, we leave behind us fingerprints that Big Brother will use in any way that pleases him, whether it is to cash in or clamp down. "

― Bernard-Henri Lévy , The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World