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> [The issue I brought forward most clearly was that of mass surveillance, not of surveillance in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-issue-i-brought-forward-most-clearly-was-that-of-mass/)

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

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> [One thing Telegram does is make mass surveillance impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pavel-durov/one-thing-telegram-does-is-make-mass-surveillance-impossible/)

[Pavel Durov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pavel-durov/)

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> [“Love and Freedom of Thoughts is a fast-acting antidote against the misanthropic cold sword of mass surveillance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann/love-and-freedom-of-thoughts-is-a-fast-acting-antidote-against-the/)

[sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann/)

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> [I have used mass surveillance to target people, so I do know how it works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-have-used-mass-surveillance-to-target-people-so-i-do-know-how-it/)

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

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> [If we don't do anything, if we go along with the status quo, we are going to have a mass surveillance world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-we-don-t-do-anything-if-we-go-along-with-the-status-quo-we-are/)

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

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> [“mass surveillance is a universal temptation for any unscrupulous power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/mass-surveillance-is-a-universal-temptation-for-any-unscrupulous-power/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [What would the infrastructure of the Internet look like if mass surveillance wasn't its business model?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-paglen/what-would-the-infrastructure-of-the-internet-look-like-if-mass/)

[Trevor Paglen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-paglen/)

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> [ \[Bill\] Binney designed ThinThread, an NSA program that used encryption to try to make mass surveillance less objectionable. It would still have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/bill-binney-designed-thinthread-an-nsa-program-that-used-encryption/)

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

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> [I don't think there's anything, any threat out there today that anyone can point to, that justifies placing an entire population under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-any-threat-out-there-today-that-anyone/)

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

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> [We have to argue forcefully and demand that the government recognise that these programmes do not prevent - mass surveillance does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-have-to-argue-forcefully-and-demand-that-the-government-recognise/)

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

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> [We have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-have-the-means-and-we-have-the-technology-to-end-mass-surveillance/)

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

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> [When you have mass surveillance, it's impossible to meet the intent of the First Amendment because reporters can't talk to sources because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-omidyar/when-you-have-mass-surveillance-it-s-impossible-to-meet-the-intent-of/)

[Pierre Omidyar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-omidyar/)

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> [We have to call mass surveillance mass surveillance. We can't let governments around the world redefine, and sort of weasel their way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-have-to-call-mass-surveillance-mass-surveillance-we-can-t-let/)

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

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> [We have to recognise that rights are being violated. The United Nations actually filed a report that found that that was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-have-to-recognise-that-rights-are-being-violated-the-united/)

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

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> [“mass surveillance kills dissent in a deeper and more important place as well: in the mind, where the individual trains him- or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/mass-surveillance-kills-dissent-in-a-deeper-and-more-important-place/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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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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> [Someone recently talked about mass surveillance and the NSA revelations as being the atomic moment for computer scientists. The atomic bomb was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/someone-recently-talked-about-mass-surveillance-and-the-nsa/)

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

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> [When I was working in Japan, I created a system for ensuring that intelligence data was globally recoverable in the event of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-i-was-working-in-japan-i-created-a-system-for-ensuring-that/)

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

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> [Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/many-of-our-ally-states-don-t-have-these-constitutional-protections/)

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

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> [“Surveillance cheerleaders essentially offer only one argument in defense of mass surveillance: it is only carried out to stop terrorism and keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/surveillance-cheerleaders-essentially-offer-only-one-argument-in/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [“Mass surveillance by the state is therefore inherently repressive, even in the unlikely case that it is not abused by vindictive officials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/mass-surveillance-by-the-state-is-therefore-inherently-repressive/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [If even one country, an Iceland for example, defects from this global legislative bargain and says no, we're not going to enforcement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-even-one-country-an-iceland-for-example-defects-from-this-global/)

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

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> [“No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/no-matter-the-specific-techniques-involved-historically-mass/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/no-matter-the-specific-techniques-involved-historically-mass-2/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [“this model of control has the great advantage of simultaneously creating the illusion of freedom. The compulsion to obedience exists in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/this-model-of-control-has-the-great-advantage-of-simultaneously/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [When we have some horrible terrorist attacks happen in some country we see in the recording that follows, that the intelligence community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-we-have-some-horrible-terrorist-attacks-happen-in-some-country/)

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

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> [When we look at the full-on mass surveillance watching everyone in the country, in the United States, it doesn't work. It didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-we-look-at-the-full-on-mass-surveillance-watching-everyone-in/)

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

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> [I think mass surveillance is a bad idea because a surveillance society is one in which people understand that they are constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-paglen/i-think-mass-surveillance-is-a-bad-idea-because-a-surveillance/)

[Trevor Paglen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-paglen/)

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> [“I think this mass surveillance by the NSA was never about terrorism: It's all about economic spying & social control. It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziad-k-abdelnour/i-think-this-mass-surveillance-by-the-nsa-was-never-about-terrorism/)

[Ziad K. Abdelnour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziad-k-abdelnour/)

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> [One of the foremost activities of the NSA's FAD, or Foreign Affairs Division, is to pressure or incentivize EU member states to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/one-of-the-foremost-activities-of-the-nsa-s-fad-or-foreign-affairs/)

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

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> [The U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-paglen/the-u-s-generally-wants-to-solve-problems-with-coercion-that-s-kind/)

[Trevor Paglen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-paglen/)

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> [History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/history-shows-that-the-mere-existence-of-a-mass-surveillance/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/ending-mass-surveillance-of-private-phone-calls-under-the-patriot-act/)

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

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> [The Internet was supposed to be the greatest tool of global communications and means of sharing knowledge in human history. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-paglen/the-internet-was-supposed-to-be-the-greatest-tool-of-global/)

[Trevor Paglen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-paglen/)

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> [I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-acted-on-my-belief-that-the-nsa-s-mass-surveillance-programs-would/)

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

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## Top authors on Mass Surveillance

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-snowden-31935.jpg) Edward Snowden 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mass-surveillance/edward-snowden/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-glenn-greenwald-38815.jpg) Glenn Greenwald 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mass-surveillance/glenn-greenwald/)

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