“The US government is like an ocean liner, not like a speed boat. It's harder to turn around than people might think.” Quote by Willie Parker
“I just want to remind people that the task of those who support reproductive rights and reproductive justice didn't change based on who is in the White House. We have leadership that is not supportive of what we're trying to do, but the demand for justice shouldn't be modulated.” PeopleWantTryingHouseJusticeWhiteSupportRightsDemandTasksWhite HouseSupportiveReproductive Rights Author:Willie Parker
“We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take a position of waiting around to see.” KnowsWaitingPositionTrumpNotionWaiting Around Author:Willie Parker
“We have to work under the assumption that the things that we fought hard for to protect women will be under assault, and we have to bring all our creativity and our energy to bear to preserve those things, no matter who is in the White House.” MatterHardHouseEnergyWhiteCreativityBearsProtectPreservesAssumptionWhite HouseAssaultProtect Women Author:Willie Parker
“Since the revelations, we have seen a massive sea change in the technological basis and makeup of the Internet.” SeaInternetBasesRevelationsMakeupMassiveTechnologicalSea Change Author:Edward Snowden
“As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that small business owners face in trying to make ends meet.” TryingImportantEndsPlayFacesUniverseChallengesRolesEconomyFormerOwnersBroadsSmall BusinessBusiness OwnersSmall Business Owners Author:Sue Kelly
“A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically. So this one isn't even authorized by law. It's just an old-ass piece of paper with Reagan's signature on it, which has been updated a couple times since then. So what happened was that all of a sudden these massive, behemoth companies realized their data centers - sending hundreds of millions of people's communications back and forth every day - were completely unprotected, electronically naked.” PeopleHas BeensDifferentUseLawOrderCompanyMillionsPiecesHappenedCommunicationCoupleAuthorityPaperNakedAssDataErasCollectionsExecutivesMassiveBack And ForthSignaturesExecutive OrdersBehemothData Centers Author:Edward Snowden
“[Barton ] Gellman printed a great anecdote: he showed two Google engineers a slide that showed how the NSA was doing this, and the engineers "exploded in profanity."” TwoEngineersGoogleSlidesPrintedNsaAnecdotesProfanity Author:Edward Snowden
“The big tech companies understood that the government had not only damaged American principles, it had hurt their businesses.” BigsGovernmentHurtCompanyPrinciplesUnderstood Author:Edward Snowden
“The new iPhone has encryption that protects the contents of the phone. This means if someone steals your phone - if a hacker or something images your phone - they can't read what's on the phone itself, they can't look at your pictures, they can't see the text messages you send, and so forth. But it does not stop law enforcement from tracking your movements via geolocation on the phone if they think you are involved in a kidnapping case, for example.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanDoeLawCasesExampleMovementInvolvedProtectMessagesPhonesStealingLaw EnforcementEnforcementIphoneHackersKidnappingTrackingEncryptionText Message Author:Edward Snowden
“The new iPhone encryption does not stop them from accessing copies of your pictures or whatever that are uploaded to, for example, Apple's cloud service, which are still legally accessible because those are not encrypted. It only protects what's physically on the phone.” DoeStillsExampleProtectCloudsPhonesApplesCopiesIphoneEncryption Author:Edward Snowden