Nandan Nilekani Quotes

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.

Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.

First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.

I invested all my money in debt.

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money.

There must always be a balance between protecting privacy and security. In our country, one of the ways we have struck that balance is by requiring a court order before law enforcement can access certain communications of and data on suspects.

Privacy and security are the ultimate shared responsibility, and everyone - including governments, companies, and citizens - have an important role to play.

I think, in general, data protection really matters.

I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.

I trust online banking. You know why? Because if somebody hacks into my account and defrauds my credit card company, or my online bank account, guess who takes the loss? The bank, not me.

I have nothing to hide!

The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the two can help us thread a path between having all our secrets trivially discoverable and preserving nothing for our later selves for fear of that discovery.

I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'

There are security risks not only from information falling into the wrong hands, but also from information failing to find its way into the right hands. The government’s current approach to protecting classified information does not recognize this risk from failing to share

The safety and security of the nation depends more so than ever before on intelligence.

Whenever you borrow money, the people you borrow it from have leverage over you.

Nothing on paper; paper can be lost or stolen or simply inherited by the wrong people; if you want to keep something secret, don't write it down.

If we give up all our privacy rights, have we become any safer?

People voluntarily surrender personal and seemingly private information to trans-national corporations which exploit that data for profit. Few think twice about it.

The idea that you can be totally anonymous in the digital age is increasingly hard to execute.

The most promising privacy thing is stupid phones. I'm dumping all my smart phones.

On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions.