"The government is collecting all of our data, not because they're looking for terrorists, but because they're looking for power."

"The internet is a tool for liberation, and we need to use it to fight for our freedom."

"I don’t see myself as a hero because what I’m doing is self-interested: I don’t want to live in a world where there’s no privacy."

"I'm not trying to be a martyr."

"The government has a choice: it can either respect the rights of its people, or it can continue to violate them."