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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Privacy is a fundamental human need
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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.
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It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics.
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But in this country, while you have to be competent to pull off a terrorist attack, you don't have to be competent to cause terror. All you need to do is start plotting an attack and - regardless of whether or not you have a viable plan, weapons or even the faintest clue - the media will aid you in terrorizing the entire population.
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In my back pocket I have a way to break the system, but I can't publish it until I know I'm right.
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Everyone else is just as bad. I think if you gave that same grading to corporate America, you'd see all the Fs also.
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The administration is deliberately choosing a less secure technology without justification. If there were a good reason to choose that technology, then it might make sense. But there isn't.
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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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It's certainly feasible, but it's my guess it's not economic, ... My guess is it is cheaper for the airline to absorb this loss, which doesn't happen often, than to fix the problem.
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Anytime you see Microsoft doing stuff for security, it's good, it's important.
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We all think of the movie scenarios - the kinds of things that we would expect to see in a movie plot. Terrorists sneaking a bomb into the Super Bowl, for example. The problem is, terrorists don't care. They don't care whether it's a football game or an airport or a restaurant or a movie theater. It doesn't matter to them.
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Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.
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You have to make the entity in the position to solve the problem, responsible for the problem. Otherwise, it doesn't get solved.