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.

I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong's rule of law.

When we talk about the assertion of basically new government privileges with weak or no justification, we don't even have to look at international law to see the failings in them.

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.

The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense.

All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.

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.