We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We can still publicly post a message to Facebook that's globally readable. But we could also adjust things so that they can… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If we allow the United States to set the precedent that national borders don't matter when it comes to the protection of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The way the United States intelligence community operates is it doesn't limit itself to the protection of the homeland. It doesn't limit… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What we're really debating is not security versus liberty, it's security versus surveillance. When we talk about electronic interception, the way that… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Lawyers from the NSA, as well as the UK's GCHQ, work very hard to search for loopholes in laws and constitutional protections… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We don't like to use the phrase "state security" in the United States because it reminds us of all the bad regimes.… — 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
There were no whistleblower protections that would've protected me - and that's known to everybody in the intelligence community. There are no… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think it's reasonable that the government, when it has a warrant from a court, when it's exposed to scrutiny by a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There have been so many individuals who have really put a lot on the line. That they've sacrificed so much to try… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You are not even aware of what is possible. The extent of their capabilities is horrifying. We can plant bugs in machines.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When the US government got word that I was planning to leave Russia to go to Latin America, they brought down the… — 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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