The rule of law doesn't mean the police are in charge, but that we all answer to the same laws. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free. — 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
As a technologist, I see the trends, and I see that automation inevitably is going to mean fewer and fewer jobs. And… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You're not patriotic just because you back whoever's in power today or their policies. You're patriotic when you work to improve 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
We have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We're opening the doors to people launching missiles and dropping bombs by taking the human out of the decision chain for deciding… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The bare bones tools for a cyber-attack are to identify a vulnerability in the system you want to gain access to or… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They'll never know what it means to have… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When people talk about Web 2.0, they mean that when the Internet, the World Wide Web, first became popular, it was one… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the… — 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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