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title: "50 Internet Quotes By Edward Snowden"
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> [Defending ourselves from internet-based attacks, internet-originated attacks, is much, much more important than our ability to launch attacks against similar targets in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/defending-ourselves-from-internet-based-attacks-internet-originated/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-you-seek-to-help-join-the-open-source-community-and-fight-to-keep/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [What has a great value to us as a nation is the internet itself. The internet is critical infrastructure to the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/what-has-a-great-value-to-us-as-a-nation-is-the-internet-itself-the/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-should-never-allow-computers-to-make-inherently-governmental/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [US has to be able to rely on a safe and interconnected internet in order to compete with other countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/us-has-to-be-able-to-rely-on-a-safe-and-interconnected-internet-in/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [US spend more on research and development than the other countries, so we shouldn't be making the internet a more hostile, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/us-spend-more-on-research-and-development-than-the-other-countries-so/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [When you use any kind of internet based capability, any kind of electronic capability, to cause damage to a private entity or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-you-use-any-kind-of-internet-based-capability-any-kind-of/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [The internet exchange is sort of the core points where all of the international cables come together, where all of the internet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-internet-exchange-is-sort-of-the-core-points-where-all-of-the/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [Imagine, if you will, you're sitting at my desk in Hawaii. You have access to the entire world, as far as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/imagine-if-you-will-you-re-sitting-at-my-desk-in-hawaii-you-have/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [The internet has to be protected from intrusive monitoring or else the medium upon which we all rely for the basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-internet-has-to-be-protected-from-intrusive-monitoring-or-else/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections…](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/)

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> [Every time we walk on to the field of battle and the field of battle is the internet, it doesn't matter if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/every-time-we-walk-on-to-the-field-of-battle-and-the-field-of-battle/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [The United States need to put internet processes, policies, and procedures in place with real laws that forbid going beyond the borders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-united-states-need-to-put-internet-processes-policies-and/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [Something we have to remember is that everything about the internet is interconnected. All of our systems are not just common to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/something-we-have-to-remember-is-that-everything-about-the-internet/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [I would say the first key concept is that, in terms of technological and communication progress in human history, the Internet is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-would-say-the-first-key-concept-is-that-in-terms-of-technological/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [By leaning on companies, by leaning on infrastructure providers, by leaning on researchers, graduate students, post-docs, even undergrads, to look at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/by-leaning-on-companies-by-leaning-on-infrastructure-providers-by/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-m-not-a-politician-and-i-do-not-think-i-am-as-effective-in-this-way/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-can-t-in-good-conscience-allow-the-u-s-government-to-destroy/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [You have to remember the way the internet works, when you communicate with the server, it's very likely not in your country.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/you-have-to-remember-the-way-the-internet-works-when-you-communicate/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [When people talk about Web 2.0, they mean that when the Internet, the World Wide Web, first became popular, it was one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-people-talk-about-web-2-0-they-mean-that-when-the-internet-the/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [Since the revelations, we have seen a massive sea change in the technological basis and makeup of the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/since-the-revelations-we-have-seen-a-massive-sea-change-in-the/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [What we're seeing now, or starting to see, is an atomization of the Internet community. Before, everybody went only to a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/what-we-re-seeing-now-or-starting-to-see-is-an-atomization-of-the/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [I know that fundamentally, changes to the fabric of the internet, and sort of our methods of communication, can enforce our rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-know-that-fundamentally-changes-to-the-fabric-of-the-internet-and/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [Where are we going to reject that easy but flawed process of letting the intelligence services do whatever they want? It's inevitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/where-are-we-going-to-reject-that-easy-but-flawed-process-of-letting/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [When it comes to the internet, when it comes to the United States' technical economy, we have more to lose than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-it-comes-to-the-internet-when-it-comes-to-the-united-states/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [America should be cooling down the tensions in the internet, making it a more trusted environment, making it a more secure environment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/america-should-be-cooling-down-the-tensions-in-the-internet-making-it/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [The public don't want to authorize the internet to become a battleground. We need to do everything we can as a society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-public-don-t-want-to-authorize-the-internet-to-become-a/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-majority-of-people-in-developed-countries-spend-at-least-some/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [A zero-day exploit is a method of hacking a system. It's sort of a vulnerability that has an exploit written for it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/a-zero-day-exploit-is-a-method-of-hacking-a-system-it-s-sort-of-a/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [I went to a website the other day and right at the top of the page it showed me my ip address.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-went-to-a-website-the-other-day-and-right-at-the-top-of-the-page-it/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [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/)

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> [I describe it as tribalism because they're very tightly woven communities. Lack of civility is part of it, because that's how Internet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-describe-it-as-tribalism-because-they-re-very-tightly-woven/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [The internet is shared critical infrastructure for everyone on earth. It's not supposed to be a domain of warfare. We're not supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-internet-is-shared-critical-infrastructure-for-everyone-on-earth/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [All this is a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because it helps people establish what they value; they understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/all-this-is-a-blessing-and-a-curse-it-s-a-blessing-because-it-helps/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [When we talk about computer network exploitation, computer network attack, we're not just talking about your home PC. We're talking about your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-we-talk-about-computer-network-exploitation-computer-network/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [Internet exchanges and internet service providers - international fiber optic landing points - these are the key tools that governments go after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/internet-exchanges-and-internet-service-providers-international-fiber/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [The internet is the most complex system that humans have ever invented. And with every internet enabled operation that we've seen so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-internet-is-the-most-complex-system-that-humans-have-ever/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [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/)

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## 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/)

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