It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I believe that when [senator Ron] Wyden and [senator Mark] Udall asked about the scale of this, they [the NSA] said it… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Imagine, if you will, you're sitting at my desk in Hawaii. You have access to the entire world, as far as you… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Bulk collection means all of your communications are being secretly intercepted. They are being stolen as they cross India, and they're being… — 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
An investigation found the specific people who authorized the warrantless wiretapping of millions and millions of communications, which per count would have… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically.… — 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
Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behaviour in the world known to them. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Before 2013, if you said the NSA was making records of everybody's phone calls and the [Government Communications Headquarters] was monitoring lawyers… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
By leaning on companies, by leaning on infrastructure providers, by leaning on researchers, graduate students, post-docs, even undergrads, to look at the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The internet exchange is sort of the core points where all of the international cables come together, where all of the internet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What has a great value to us as a nation is the internet itself. The internet is critical infrastructure to the United… — 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 Copy Share Image
We decentralise the ability to decide the level of publicity that's attached to any of our communications. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I would say the first key concept is that, in terms of technological and communication progress in human history, the Internet is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior in the world known to them. — 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 Copy Share Image
The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications… — Edward Snowden 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
In America, we collect more digital communications from America than we do from the Russians. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“I believe that when [senator Ron] Wyden and [senator Mark] Udall asked about the scale of this, they [the NSA] said it did not have the tools to provide an answer. We do have the tools and I have maps showing where people have been scrutinised most. We collect more digital communications from…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/549/edward-snowden-555_america_i-believe-that-when-senator-ron-wyden-an_201712.jpg)
![“A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically. So this one isn't even authorized by law. It's just an old-ass piece of paper with Reagan's signature on it, which has been updated a couple…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/398/edward-snowden-555_ass_a-different-ronald-reagan-era-authority_810954.jpg)
![“Before 2013, if you said the NSA was making records of everybody's phone calls and the [Government Communications Headquarters] was monitoring lawyers and journalists, people raised eyebrows and called you a conspiracy theorist. Those days are over.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e0e/edward-snowden-555_communication_before-2013-if-you-said-the-nsa-was-maki_1387484.jpg)
![“[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 sovereignty."” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/af7/edward-snowden-555_brazil_brazil-went-to-the-un-and-said-we-need-n_14906.jpg)
![“There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold senior officials to account with the same laws that every other citizen in the country is held to," or "This is a nation that believes in the rule of law."” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/104/edward-snowden-555_accounts_there-was-a-real-choice-when-barack-obam_27838.jpg)
