Michael Wolff Quotes

Efforts to constrain encryption through forms of extraordinary access will inevitably introduce vulnerabilities into the security of consumer products in ways that are likely to have adverse long-term effects on the security, privacy, and civil liberties of citizens.

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.

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

The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything.

You have to fight for your privacy or you lose it.

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.

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

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.

Many of our customers have serious concerns about government surveillance of the Internet. We share their concerns.

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.

In our view, the current storage by the government of bulk meta-data creates potential risks to public trust, personal privacy, and civil liberty.

Apple and Google want to create encryption for which they could not provide you the key. Their business model will not survive if the American government has a special relationship with them that requires them to surrender this kind of information.

Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around the world. Once you do that, there is no privacy; there is no security. There is no protection for democracy.

The problem of end-to-end encryption isn't just a terrorism issue.

User-controlled default encryption is a real challenge for law enforcement.

Privacy and security are the ultimate shared responsibility, and everyone - including governments, companies, and citizens - have an important role to play.

The political solutions proposed against encryption are not going to work against terrorism.

I'm a strong believer in strong encryption.

Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age.

Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.

First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.

People are worried about privacy, and its one of the reasons people are using a service like SnapChat.

In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?

I really fight for my privacy.