US spend more on research and development than the other countries, so we shouldn't be making the internet a more hostile, a more aggressive territory.
Edward SnowdenFrom the very beginning, I said there are two tracks of reform: there's the political and the technical. I don't believe the political will be successful, for exactly the reasons you underlined. The issue is too abstract for average people, who have too many things going on in their lives.
Edward SnowdenThe United States need to put internet processes, policies, and procedures in place with real laws that forbid going beyond the borders of what's reasonable to ensure that the only time that we and other countries around the world exercise these authorities are when it is absolutely necessary.
Edward SnowdenAnd that's not something I'm willing to support, it's not something I'm willing to build and it's not something I'm willing to live under.
Edward SnowdenI describe myself as an indoor cat, because I'm a computer guy and I always have been.
Edward SnowdenWhen 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