Edward SnowdenThinkers

America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.

Bitcoin is a problematic cryptocurrency in that its ledger doesn’t provide sufficient privacy, and strategically so, because those who are making these decisions have the biggest stake in the system.

Consent is not consent if it is not informed.

Cyber command is supposed to be defending our critical infrastructure at home, but they are spending so much time looking at how to attack networks, how to break systems, and how to turn things off. They don't seem to amount to a defensive team.

Government is increasingly getting more power and citizens are increasingly losing our ability to control that power, and even to be aware of that power.

The Internet is shared critical infrastructure for everyone on earth. It's not supposed to be a domain of warfare.

The Internet is the most complex system that humans have ever invented. And with every internet enabled operation that we've seen so far, all of these offensive operations, we see knock on effects. We see unintended consequences.

Patriotism is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today.

Patriotism is not backing whoever is in power today or their policies. It is working to improve the lives of the people of your country, your community and your family, which sometimes means making choices that go against your personal interest.

Rights is (are) being redefined in secret, by secret courts that were never intended to have that role - without the consent of the public, without even the awareness of the majority of our political representatives.