Author: Heather Brooke

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What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.

What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.

- Heather Brooke

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government.

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government.

- Heather Brooke

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

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

- Heather Brooke

There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.

There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.

- Heather Brooke

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.

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.

- Heather Brooke

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

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

- Heather Brooke

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

- Heather Brooke

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

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

- Heather Brooke

What the interconnected age in which we live allows us to do is instantly connect with each other.

What the interconnected age in which we live allows us to do is instantly connect with each other.

- Heather Brooke

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