Someone recently talked about mass surveillance and the NSA revelations as being the atomic moment for computer scientists. The atomic bomb was the moral moment for physicists. Mass surveillance is the same moment for computer scientists, when they realize that the things they produce can be used to harm a tremendous number of people.
Edward SnowdenThere is a policy response that needs to occur. There is also a technical response that needs to occur. It is the development community that can really craft the solutions and make sure we are safe.
Edward SnowdenEver since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.
Edward SnowdenWe should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening on the internet.
Edward SnowdenI must say I'm surprised by how skeptical of the [Barack] Obama administration The Nation has been.
Edward Snowden