What Heather Brooke thinks about privacy

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American-British investigative journalist and freedom-of-information campaigner whose requests exposed the 2009 UK parliamentary expenses scandal; author of Your Right to Know, The Silent State and The Revolution Will Be Digitised.

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1. 12 May 2025, 14:15 UTC

   Our readingWanting privacy from powerful agents such as the state is entirely natural, not a sign of wrongdoing.

   Their wordsBut our desire not to be snooped on by powerful agents is entirely natural.

   ↗Royal Secrecyheatherbrooke.substack.com