Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. Edward Snowden More Quotes by Edward Snowden More Quotes From Edward Snowden Extremists are not going to disappear. Edward Snowden disappear extremist All this is a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because it helps people establish what they value; they understand the sort of ideas they identify with. The curse is that they aren't challenged in their views. The Internet becomes an echo chamber. Users don't see the counterarguments. Edward Snowden echoes blessing views My government revoked my passport intentionally to leave me exiled. If they really wanted to capture me, they would've allowed me to travel to Latin America, because the CIA can operate with impunity down there. They did not want that; they chose to keep me in Russia. Edward Snowden russia government latin I don't go out and play football and stuff - that's not me. I want to think, I want to build, I want to talk, I want to create. Edward Snowden play football thinking I describe it as tribalism because they're very tightly woven communities. Lack of civility is part of it, because that's how Internet tribes behave. We see this more and more in electoral politics, which have become increasingly poisonous. Edward Snowden tribes woven community 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 lives of the people of your country, your community and your family. Sometimes that means making hard choices, choices that go against your personal interest. Edward Snowden patriotic mean country Using the language of heroism, calling Daniel Ellsberg a hero, and calling the other people who made great sacrifices heroes - even though what they have done is heroic - is to distinguish them from the civic duty they performed, and excuses the rest of us from the same civic duty to speak out when we see something wrong, when we witness our government engaging in serious crimes, abusing power, engaging in massive historic violations of the Constitution of the United States. We have to speak out or we are party to that bad action. Edward Snowden sacrifice party hero Going all the way back to Daniel Ellsberg, it is clear that the government is not concerned with damage to national security, because in none of these cases was there damage. Edward Snowden damage government way It's OK if we wiretap Osama bin Laden. I want to know what he's planning - obviously not him nowadays, but that kind of thing. I don't care if it's a pope or a bin Laden. As long as investigators must go to a judge - an independent judge, a real judge, not a secret judge - and make a showing that there's probable cause to issue a warrant, then they can do that. And that's how it should be done. Edward Snowden issues independent real It doesn't need to be consistently concentrated in these venture-capital funds and things like that. Edward Snowden venture fund needs The only reason I do these interviews - I hate talking about myself, I hate doing this stuff - is because incredibly well-meaning people, whom I respect and trust, tell me that this will help bring about positive changes. It's not going to cause a sea change, but it will benefit the public. Edward Snowden hate sea talking We decentralise permissions over the use of our communications. Edward Snowden communication permission use As for labeling someone a whistleblower, I think it does them - it does all of us - a disservice, because it "otherizes" us. Edward Snowden whistleblowers doe thinking The new iPhone has encryption that protects the contents of the phone. This means if someone steals your phone - if a hacker or something images your phone - they can't read what's on the phone itself, they can't look at your pictures, they can't see the text messages you send, and so forth. But it does not stop law enforcement from tracking your movements via geolocation on the phone if they think you are involved in a kidnapping case, for example. Edward Snowden phones mean thinking We can still publicly post a message to Facebook that's globally readable. But we could also adjust things so that they can only be shared with those closest to us, and the confident that this is enforced through both legal and a systemic standards-based protection. Edward Snowden protection standards messages As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today. Edward Snowden benefits government acting The new iPhone encryption does not stop them from accessing copies of your pictures or whatever that are uploaded to, for example, Apple's cloud service, which are still legally accessible because those are not encrypted. It only protects what's physically on the phone. Edward Snowden apples phones clouds I describe myself as an indoor cat, because I'm a computer guy and I always have been. Edward Snowden computer cat guy I do everything on the computer. TV is obsolete technology for me. Edward Snowden computer tvs technology Anyway, it's not true that the authorities cannot access the content of the phone even if there is no back door. When I was at the NSA, we did this every single day, even on Sundays. I believe that encryption is a civic responsibility, a civic duty. Edward Snowden sunday responsibility believe
