The big tech companies understood that the government had not only damaged American principles, it had hurt their businesses. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I know that fundamentally, changes to the fabric of the internet, and sort of our methods of communication, can enforce our rights. — Edward Snowden Change Copy Share Image
[Occupy Wall Street] had an impact on consciousness. It was not effective in realizing change. — Edward Snowden Change Copy Share Image
I don't want the stage. I'm terrified of giving these talking heads some distraction, some excuse to jeopardize, smear, and delegitimize a… — Edward Snowden Distraction Copy Share Image
I'm saying we need to be aware of it, and we need to be able to distinguish when political developments are occurring… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Do we want to emulate China in the way that China emulates the West? I think, for most Americans, the answer to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
They [the authorities] will act aggressively against anyone who has known me. That keeps me up at night. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a… — 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 have been a systems engineer, systems administrator, a senior adviser for the Central Intelligence Agency, a solutions consultant and a telecommunications… — Edward Snowden Administrators Copy Share Image
If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I describe it as tribalism because they're very tightly woven communities. Lack of civility is part of it, because that's how Internet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When it is made to appear as though not knowing everything about everyone is an existential crisis, then you feel that bending… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself… — 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
People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that whenever we're engaging in a cyber-warfare campaign, a cyber-espionage campaign in the United States, that we… — Edward Snowden Campaigns Copy Share Image
Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When I was working in Japan, I created a system for ensuring that intelligence data was globally recoverable in the event of… — Edward Snowden Creating Copy Share Image
It's OK if we wiretap Osama bin Laden. I want to know what he's planning - obviously not him nowadays, but that… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When the United States cannibalize dollars from the defensive business of the NSA, securing our communications, protecting our systems, patching zero-day vulnerabilities,… — Edward Snowden Business Copy Share Image
[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk… — Edward Snowden Amendments Copy Share Image
To do that they, the NSA specifically, targets the communications of everyone. It ingests them by default. It collects them in its… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. — Edward Snowden America Copy Share Image
I know the media likes to personalize political debates, and I know the government will demonize me. — Edward Snowden Debate Copy Share Image
[Barton ] Gellman printed a great anecdote: he showed two Google engineers a slide that showed how the NSA was doing this,… — Edward Snowden Anecdotes Copy Share Image
In America, we collect more digital communications from America than we do from the Russians. — Edward Snowden America Copy Share Image
Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What we're seeing now, or starting to see, is an atomization of the Internet community. Before, everybody went only to a few… — Edward Snowden Community Copy Share Image
Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on, — Edward Snowden Encryption Copy Share Image
I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It's really hard to take that step-not only do I believe in something, I believe in it enough that I'm willing to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian? — Edward Snowden Authoritarian Copy Share Image
We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe… — Edward Snowden Bugs Copy Share Image
We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed… — Edward Snowden Allegation Copy Share Image
I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion. — Edward Snowden Civil liberties Copy Share Image
You would be surprised how effective, at least for influencing low-information voters, negative propaganda about me is. — Edward Snowden Influence Copy Share Image
We have to argue forcefully and demand that the government recognise that these programmes do not prevent - mass surveillance does not… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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