> We failed to defend privacy against big tech and govt overreach. this optimal scenario was never in our grasp, and even if it were, we missed the opportunity

> We failed to defend privacy against big tech and govt overreach. this optimal scenario was never in our grasp, and even if it were, we missed the opportunity when it mattered. Our task from 2014 onward was to balance big tech vs big govt against each other and make sure neither had too much power over the other. Instead, what we have now is big govt, turning big tech, into another lever of state control