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 SnowdenThere 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 SnowdenDo we want to emulate China in the way that China emulates the West? I think, for most Americans, the answer to that question would be no.
Edward Snowden