It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every country in the world to say that you can't do this.

I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.

Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on.

We have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy changes.

There is a technical solution to every political problem...

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.

It's critical how we want to use these spy programs, these electronic capabilities, where we want to draw the line, and who should approve these programs, these decisions, and at what level, for engaging in operations that could lead us as a nation into a war.