The authoritarian one believed that an individual's rights were basically provided by governments and were determined by states. The other society -… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If the government or the parties won't address our needs, we will. It's about direct action, even civil disobedience. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Anyway, it's not true that the authorities cannot access the content of the phone even if there is no back door. When… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You shouldn't send an email from a computer that's associated with you if you don't want it to be tracked back to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The new iPhone has encryption that protects the contents of the phone. This means if someone steals your phone - if a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
My perspective is if you're not willing to be called a few names to help out your country, you don't care enough. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People sometimes say I broke an oath of secrecy - one of the early charges leveled against me. But it's a fundamental… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing… — 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
If we can't have an open and honest debate about the value of ideas in a university in Glasgow, or Boston, or… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
[Bill] Binney will argue with you all day about ThinThread, but his idea was that it would collect everything about everybody but… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The New York Times and The Guardian came out and said, "Hey, clemency for Snowden." But for me, the key - and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If I had to guess what the future's going to look like for me - assuming it's not an orange jumpsuit in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
My case clearly demonstrates the need for comprehensive whistleblower protection act reform. If we had had a real process in place, and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Every time you pick up the phone, dial a number, write an e-mail, make a purchase, travel on the bus carrying a… — 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
If even one country, an Iceland for example, defects from this global legislative bargain and says no, we're not going to enforcement… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You don't need to justify your rights as a citizen - that inverts the model of responsibility. The government must justify its… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Every time somebody on the internet sort of glances at us sideways, we launch an attack at them. That's not going to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When Laura Poitras asked me if she could film our encounters, I was extremely reluctant. I'm grateful that I allowed her to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Because, remember, I didn’t want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you ask anybody at Cyber Command or look at any of the job listings for openings for their positions, you'll see… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get… — 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
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