--- title: "18 Cyber Quotes By Edward Snowden" description: "18 Cyber quotes by Edward Snowden. Plus more from Edward Snowden and more Cyber sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/edward-snowden-555_cost_there-are-cyber-threats-out-there-this-i_2739318.jpg" --- > [There are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/there-are-cyber-threats-out-there-this-is-a-dangerous-world-and-we/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/edward-snowden-555_cost_there-are-cyber-threats-out-there-this-i_2739318.jpg) > [The majority of terrorist attacks that have been disrupted in the United States have been disrupted due to things like the Time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-majority-of-terrorist-attacks-that-have-been-disrupted-in-the/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/edward-snowden-555_attacks_the-majority-of-terrorist-attacks-that-h_187804.jpg) > [When it comes to cyber conflicts between, say, America and China or even a Middle Eastern nation, an African nation, a Latin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-it-comes-to-cyber-conflicts-between-say-america-and-china-or/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/edward-snowden-555_america_when-it-comes-to-cyber-conflicts-between_2502628.jpg) > [We have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-have-to-be-able-to-reject-disproportionate-and-unjustified/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/edward-snowden-555_able_we-have-to-be-able-to-reject-disproporti_3180555.jpg) > [I think the public still isn't aware of the frequency with which the cyber-attacks, as they're being called in the press, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-think-the-public-still-isn-t-aware-of-the-frequency-with-which-the/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/edward-snowden-555_around-the-world_i-think-the-public-still-isn-t-aware-of_2611487.jpg) > [When people conceptualize a cyber-attack, they do tend to think about parts of the critical infrastructure like power plants, water supplies, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-people-conceptualize-a-cyber-attack-they-do-tend-to-think-about/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/edward-snowden-555_areas_when-people-conceptualize-a-cyber-attack_327606.jpg) > [Custom developed digital weapons, cyber weapons nowadays typically chain together a number of zero-day exploits that are targeted against the specific site,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/custom-developed-digital-weapons-cyber-weapons-nowadays-typically/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/edward-snowden-555_actors_custom-developed-digital-weapons-cyber-w_2795109.jpg) > [If you ask anybody at Cyber Command or look at any of the job listings for openings for their positions, you'll see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-you-ask-anybody-at-cyber-command-or-look-at-any-of-the-job/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/edward-snowden-555_asks_if-you-ask-anybody-at-cyber-command-or-l_2334595.jpg) > [The bare bones tools for a cyber-attack are to identify a vulnerability in the system you want to gain access to or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-bare-bones-tools-for-a-cyber-attack-are-to-identify-a/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/edward-snowden-555_access_the-bare-bones-tools-for-a-cyber-attack_1545216.jpg) > [The community of technical experts who really manage the internet, who built the internet and maintain it, are becoming increasingly concerned about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-community-of-technical-experts-who-really-manage-the-internet-who/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/edward-snowden-555_activity_the-community-of-technical-experts-who-r_1001972.jpg) > [What we need to do is we need to create new international standards of behavior - not just national laws, because this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/what-we-need-to-do-is-we-need-to-create-new-international-standards/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/edward-snowden-555_behavior_what-we-need-to-do-is-we-need-to-create_1881373.jpg) > [When it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. The technical sector is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-it-comes-to-cyber-warfare-we-have-more-to-lose-than-any-other/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/edward-snowden-555_american-economy_when-it-comes-to-cyber-warfare-we-have-m_2405707.jpg) > [When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-people-are-talking-about-cyber-weapons-digital-weapons-what-they/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/edward-snowden-555_cyber_when-people-are-talking-about-cyber-weap_2457584.jpg) > [The United States is more reliant on the technical systems. We're more reliant on the critical infrastructure of the internet than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-united-states-is-more-reliant-on-the-technical-systems-we-re-more/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/edward-snowden-555_attacks_the-united-states-is-more-reliant-on-the_769871.jpg) > [We reject techniques like torture regardless of whether they're effective or ineffective because they are barbaric and harmful on a broad scale.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-reject-techniques-like-torture-regardless-of-whether-they-re/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/edward-snowden-555_attacking_we-reject-techniques-like-torture-regard_2014029.jpg) > [Cyber Command is supposed to be defending our critical infrastructure at home, but they are spending so much time looking at how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/cyber-command-is-supposed-to-be-defending-our-critical-infrastructure/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/edward-snowden-555_add_cyber-command-is-supposed-to-be-defendin_1027090.jpg) > [You can show a guy sort of peeking over the wall, you can see a guy tunneling underneath, you can see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/you-can-show-a-guy-sort-of-peeking-over-the-wall-you-can-see-a-guy/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/edward-snowden-555_cyber_you-can-show-a-guy-sort-of-peeking-over_541909.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-need-to-make-sure-that-whenever-we-re-engaging-in-a-cyber-warfare/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/edward-snowden-555_campaigns_we-need-to-make-sure-that-whenever-we-re_1221640.jpg) ## Other authors on Cyber ## More by Edward Snowden > [It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/it-is-afraid-of-an-informed-angry-public-demanding-the-constitutional/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/much-of-what-i-saw-in-geneva-really-disillusioned-me-about-how-my/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-it-comes-to-a-question-of-law-the-charges-they-brought-against-me/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-nsa-and-israel-wrote-stuxnet-together/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/as-a-general-rule-so-long-as-you-have-any-choice-at-all-you-should/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [ \[Brazil\] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/brazil-went-to-the-un-and-said-we-need-new-standards-for-this-we-need/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/you-are-also-asked-to-take-an-oath-and-that-s-the-oath-of-service-the/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-need-to-think-about-encryption-not-as-this-sort-of-arcane-black/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/a-lot-of-people-in-2008-voted-for-obama-i-did-not-vote-for-him-i/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/too-often-we-forget-that-social-and-political-movements-don-t-happen/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [ There was a real choice when \[Barack Obama\] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/there-was-a-real-choice-when-barack-obama-became-president-it-was-a/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-ve-learned-that-we-ve-allowed-technological-capabilities-to/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/it-s-much-easier-i-think-to-protect-communications-while-they-re-in/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-an-adversary-didn-t-target-our-power-plants-but-they-did-target/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-care-more-about-the-country-than-what-happens-to-me-but-we-can-t/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cyber/edward-snowden/#itemlist", "name": "18 Cyber Quotes By Edward Snowden", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure no matter the cost.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Snowden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/there-are-cyber-threats-out-there-this-is-a-dangerous-world-and-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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