When it comes to cyber conflicts between, say, America and China or even a Middle Eastern nation, an African nation, a Latin American nation, a European nation, we have more to lose.

We have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical domain.

We do not live in a revolutionary time. People are not prepared to contest power.

The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian?

Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the implementation of systems and standards.

Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.

I would say the first key concept is that, in terms of technological and communication progress in human history, the Internet is basically the equivalent of electronic telepathy. We can now communicate all the time through our little magic smartphones with people who are anywhere, all the time, constantly learning what they're thinking, talking about, exchanging messages. And this is a new capability even within the context of the Internet.