Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The NSA was actually concerned back in the time of the crypto-wars with improving American security. Nowadays, we see that their priority… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Americans hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a hero because what I'm doing is self-interested: I don't want to live in a world where… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Going all the way back to Daniel Ellsberg, it is clear that the government is not concerned with damage to national security,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I would argue that security and liberty, security and privacy are not actually opposing. The only place those can be oppositional is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have a media that goes along with the government by parroting phrases intended to provoke a certain emotional response - for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A zero-day exploit is a method of hacking a system. It's sort of a vulnerability that has an exploit written for it,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They'll never know what it means to have… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What we're really debating is not security versus liberty, it's security versus surveillance. When we talk about electronic interception, the way that… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There are proxies, proxy servers on the internet, and this is very typical for hackers to use. They create what are called… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need the security standards to apply to the internet. We need to be able to trust that when we send our… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We don't like to use the phrase "state security" in the United States because it reminds us of all the bad regimes.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. They have the power to decide for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Even if it were, you run into the same problem with international commerce: if you create a device that is famous for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The most important thing to the United States is not being able to attack our adversaries, the most important thing is to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Until we reform our laws and until we fix the excesses of these old policies that we inherited in the post-9/11 era,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There's no question that the US is engaged in economic spying. If there's information at Siemens that they think would be beneficial… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share
Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden Copy Share
A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
We've learned that we've allowed technological capabilities to dictate policies and practices, rather than ensuring that our laws and values guide our technological capabilities. — Edward Snowden Copy Share
It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every country in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections together, entire… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
