I would rather be without a state than without a voice. Edward Snowden More Quotes by Edward Snowden More Quotes From Edward Snowden There are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure no matter the cost. Edward Snowden dangerous-world cost safe It's becoming less and less the National Security Agency and more and more the national surveillance agency. It's gaining more offensive powers with each passing year. Edward Snowden surveillance agency years Every time we walk on to the field of battle and the field of battle is the internet, it doesn't matter if we shoot our opponents a hundred times and hit every time. As long as they've hit us once, we've lost, because the U.S. is so much more reliant on those systems. Edward Snowden opponents battle long I don't think there's anything, any threat out there today that anyone can point to, that justifies placing an entire population under mass surveillance. Edward Snowden surveillance population thinking When you're attacking a router on the internet, and you're doing it remotely, it's like trying to shoot the moon with a rifle. Everything has to happen exactly right. Every single variable has to be controlled and precisely accounted for. And that's not possible to do when you have limited knowledge of the target you're attacking. Edward Snowden rifles moon trying The FBI was creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around. Edward Snowden apples creating rights When it comes to the internet, when it comes to the United States' technical economy, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. Edward Snowden internet united-states earth Defending ourselves from internet-based attacks, internet-originated attacks, is much, much more important than our ability to launch attacks against similar targets in foreign countries. Edward Snowden target important country Every time somebody on the internet sort of glances at us sideways, we launch an attack at them. That's not going to work out for us long term, and the U.S. have to get ahead of the problem if we're going to succeed. Edward Snowden succeed work-out long Something we have to remember is that everything about the internet is interconnected. All of our systems are not just common to us because of the network links between them, but because of the software packages, because of the hardware devices that comprise it. The same router that's deployed in the United States is deployed in China. Edward Snowden united-states links common Acting Government officials, they said they wanted - they would be happy, they would love to put a bullet in my head, to poison me as I was returning from the grocery store, and have me die in the shower. Edward Snowden government acting would-be There's not much value to us attacking Chinese systems. We might take a few computers offline. We might take a factory offline. We might steal secrets from a university research programs, and even something high-tech. But how much more does the United States spend on research and development than China does? Edward Snowden research-and-development chinese secret We have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical domain. Edward Snowden cyber domain able The United States has faced threats from criminal groups, from terrorists, from spies throughout our history, and we have limited our responses. We haven't resorted to total war every time we have a conflict around the world, because that restraint is what defines us. That restraint is what gives us the moral standing to lead the world. Edward Snowden spy giving war We reject techniques like torture regardless of whether they're effective or ineffective because they are barbaric and harmful on a broad scale. It's the same thing with cyber warfare. We should never be attacking hospitals. We should never be taking down power plants unless that is absolutely necessary to ensure our continued existence as a free people. Edward Snowden warfare technique people The question of whether I, as a whistleblower, should be pardoned, is not for me to answer. Edward Snowden whistleblowers should answers When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military purpose. A cyber weapon could be something as simple as an old virus from 1995 that just happens to still be effective if you use it for that purpose. Edward Snowden military simple mean Internet exchanges and internet service providers - international fiber optic landing points - these are the key tools that governments go after in order to enable their programs of mass surveillance. If they want to be able to watch the entire population of a country instead of a single individual, you have to go after those bulk interchanges. Edward Snowden government keys country The internet exchange is sort of the core points where all of the international cables come together, where all of the internet service providers come together, and they trade lines with each other. These are priority one targets for any sort of espionage agency, because they provide access to so many people's communications. Edward Snowden agency communication people When it is made to appear as though not knowing everything about everyone is an existential crisis, then you feel that bending the rules is okay. Once people hate you for bending those rules, breaking them becomes a matter of survival. Edward Snowden knowing-everything hate people
