Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneieris an American cryptographer, computer security and privacy specialist, and writer. He is the author of several books on general security topics, computer security and cryptography...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 January 1963
CountryUnited States of America
government liberty terrorist
Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom.
tasks looks waste
Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol—it’s a waste of time.
people important needs
Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority; if society makes its dishonest minority too small, it stifles dissent as well as common crime.
water digital made
Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.
mother giving microsoft
When my mother gets a prompt 'Do you want to download this?' she's going to say yes. It's disingenuous for Microsoft to give you all of these tools with which to hang yourself, and when you do, then say it's your fault.
chaos internet hard
Chaos is hard to create, even on the Internet.
mean engineering community
This is not the internet the world needs, or the internet its creators envisioned. We need to take it back. And by we, I mean the engineering community.
surveillance internet models
Surveillance is the business model of the Internet.
dream jobs smart
When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.
law needs mathematics
It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics.
may information cryptography
Cryptography products may be declared illegal, but the information will never be
nsa done damage
We no longer know whom to trust. This is the greatest damage the NSA has done to the Internet, and will be the hardest to fix.
looks trade asks
The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.
lines ifs security
If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.