How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
There's no way a judge would say that all this stuff constituted any kind of real crime. It was free speech, it was technological tinkering. It wasn't a crime. (4.82)
What makes an action a crime or an act of free speech? The difference isn't always clear, which is one of Little Brother's main messages.
Quote #5
Zit took the fore. "We seem to have gotten off to a bad start. We identified your son as someone with a nonstandard public transit usage pattern, as part of a new proactive enforcement program. When we spot people whose travels are unusual, or that match a suspicious profile, we investigate further." (7.43)
This method of investigation is based on Bayesian analysis, which is the basis of how spam filters work.
Quote #6
The Board of Education said that its No Child Left Behind tests had cost tens of millions of dollars to produce and that they'd have to spend it all over again now that they'd had the leak. They called it "eduterrorism." The news had speculated endlessly about the political motivations of the leaker, wondering if it was a teacher's protest, or a student, or a thief, or a disgruntled government contractor. (13.38)
Ange's spur of the moment decision to steal and publish copies of these tests became a major news event. She doesn't fit the profile of any of the news speculation, showing how easy it is for the news to get a suspect's identity and motivations wrong with no real information to go on. What would you do with copies of stolen tests?