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
worry people news
I tell people if it's in the news don't worry about it. Because by definition news is something that almost never happens.
water digital made
Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.
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.
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.
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.
real writing scare
The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want [...] Our politicians help the terrorists every time they use fear as a campaign tactic. The press helps every time it writes scare stories about the plot and the threat. And if we're terrified, and we share that fear, we help.
strong design together
The mantra of any good security engineer is: 'Security is a not a product, but a process.' It's more than designing strong cryptography into a system; it's designing the entire system such that all security measures, including cryptography, work together.
slow stadiums
At best, you're going to slow them down - if you're lucky. Because what you see at stadiums is completely ineffective.
protection sounds
Sounds like a protection racket, doesn't it? ... It is a protection racket.
generally hole terrorists
I generally think the terrorists do something new each time. It is a big hole in the system.
insecure result software
The end result is that insecure software is common,
computer expect kid looks police sister
Looks like kindergarten cryptography to me. It will keep your kid sister out, but it won't keep the police out. But what do you expect from someone who is computer illiterate?
absorb airline certainly cheaper fix guess happen
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.