Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems CEO, did say 'You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it' — a 1999 quote during early debates over data collection. The quote has become famous and is widely remembered as striking and prescient by commentators who point to how relevant it seems in today's era of big data and modern surveillance. That said, whether McNealy actually *predicted* what would happen or simply expressed a view that happened to align with later developments is a matter of interpretation rather than something you can prove one way or the other. What's worth noting is that the quote reflects existing 1990s attitudes about commercial data collection, and how privacy regulations, corporate practices, and surveillance technology have actually evolved since then tells a more complicated story than a simple "he called it" narrative.