I don't need to understand how encryption works to…

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

— Edward Snowden

Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically…

— Edward Snowden

Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with the journalists,…

— Edward Snowden

Encryption provides enormous benefits to society by enabling secure communications, data storage, and online transactions.

— William Barr

Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard…

— Gene Spafford

In the years preceding my imprisonment, I worked as a software programmer, designing and developing web interfaces, secure databases, and communication software; later, I…

— Chelsea Manning

On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more…

— Matt Blaze

Encryption would help prevent a lot of cyber attacks.

— Ted Lieu

The government does things like insisting that all encryption programs should have a back door. But surely no one is stupid enough to think…

— Kevin Mitnick

You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where…

— Barton Gellman

I think it's interesting because the 1990s ended with the government pretty much giving up. There was a recognition that encryption was important. In…

— Matt Blaze

Clipper took a relatively simple problem, encryption between two phones, and turned it into a much more complex problem, encryption between two phones but…

— Matt Blaze

“Encryption matters, and it is not just for spies and philanderers.”

— Glenn Greenwald

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.

— Bruce Schneier

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.

— Edward Snowden