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
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They're saying, 'We use this impressive lock on our screen door. Nobody's going to pick it.' Instead, they're going to take a rock and scissors and cut out the screen,
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At best, you're going to slow them down - if you're lucky. Because what you see at stadiums is completely ineffective.
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The years of the military being at the leading edge of technology are gone because it moves so fast. In the real world, the rise of technology means that everyone has access to the exact same stuff. The limitations are basically just money. He (bin Laden) definitely has more money than the average terrorist.
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The way to fix this is we need a better ability to know where to look. It's the drinking out of the fire hose problem. Turning up the fire hose isn't going to help.
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Sounds like a protection racket, doesn't it? ... It is a protection racket.
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During the Clinton years, we were fighting that kangaroo court - they never said no. Here we are now wishing for the little oversight that the court had.
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But with that connection comes new threats: malicious hackers, criminals, industrial spies. These network predators regularly steal corporate assets and intellectual property, cause service breaks and system failures, sully corporate brands, and frighten customers,
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Anytime you see Microsoft doing stuff for security, it's good, it's important.
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I'm worried about data leakage. It's frustrating because I want to use a good desktop search program.
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I'm worried about data leakage, ... It's frustrating because I want to use a good desktop search program.
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I generally think the terrorists do something new each time. It is a big hole in the system.
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In New Orleans, the machines just crashed, ... They didn't work. And there was no backup planned; there were no paper ballots.
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The end result is that insecure software is common,
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I do expect it to be a huge problem.