[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data sovereignty."

All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn't get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling the effects of inequality, so they didn't have a lot to lose. And then the individuals who were louder, more disruptive and, in many ways, more effective at drawing attention to their concerns were immediately castigated by authorities. They were cordoned off, pepper-sprayed, thrown in jail.

People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof of concept code to show that they are true vulnerabilities in order for us to secure our systems.

I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter.

The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the most.

The community of technical experts who really manage the internet, who built the internet and maintain it, are becoming increasingly concerned about the activities of agencies like the NSA or Cyber Command, because what we see is that defense is becoming less of a priority than offense.

I'm ultimately satisfied that we know a little bit more about how the world really works.