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
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
war fighting interesting
It is sort of interesting that in our society this days we are very quick to apply the term 'war' to places where thare are no actual wars, and loath to apply the term 'war' when we are actually fighting wars.
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.
abuse important surveillance
Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.
believe thug tsa
Why is it that we all - myself included - believe these stories? Why are we so quick to assume that the TSA is a bunch of jack-booted thugs, officious and arbitrary and drunk with power? It's because everything seems so arbitrary, because there's no accountability or transparency in the DHS.
simple surveillance metadata
Metadata equals surveillance; it's that simple.
lying law insecurity
Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services, undermine the very foundations of our society.