Esther Dyson Quotes

I'm a strong believer in strong encryption.

Encryption and anonymity, separately or together, create a zone of privacy to protect opinion and belief. For instance, they enable private communications and can shield an opinion from outside scrutiny, particularly important in hostile political, social, religious and legal environments.

You know the interesting thing about encryption is that it cannot be secure just for some people.

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything.

Cryptography products may be declared illegal, but the information will never be

Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

The encryption genie is out of the bottle.

One thing Telegram does is make mass surveillance impossible.

We all love privacy. We all care about public safety. And none of - at least people that I hang around with, none of us want back doors. We don't want access to devices built-in in some way.

I believe that if you took privacy and you said, I'm willing to give up all of my privacy to be secure. So you weighted it as a zero. My own view is that encryption is a much better, much better world. And I'm not the only person that thinks that.

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

I don't own encryption, Apple doesn't own encryption. Encryption, as you know, is everywhere. In fact some of encryption is funded by our government.

Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

Where States impose unlawful censorship through filtering and other technologies, the use of encryption and anonymity may empower individuals to circumvent barriers and access information and ideas without the intrusion of authorities. Journalists, researchers, lawyers and civil society rely on encryption and anonymity to shield themselves (and their sources, clients and partners) from surveillance and harassment. The ability to search the web, develop ideas and communicate securely may be the only way in which many can explore basic aspects of identity, such as one’s gender, religion, ethnicity, national origin or sexuality.

The spread of strong consumer encryption technology around the globe is inevitable;

We should be careful not to vilify encryption itself, which is essential for privacy, data security, and global commerce.

I think anybody who uses email in the center of our life needs encryption.

I don't need to understand how encryption works to understand how it's helping the criminals.

With the growing availability of commoditized encryption, it is becoming easier for common criminals to communicate beyond the reach of traditional surveillance.

We have to be very careful, we have to be very vigilant but to think that Apple won't allow us to get into her cell phone - who do they think they are? Now we have to open it up.

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.