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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Network security sucks, and there's not much the school administration can do. Somebody who knows how will break in.
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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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The end result is that insecure software is common,
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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?
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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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It's the dominant operating system out there, so it's going to attract the attention. On the other hand, Windows has extremely sloppy security,
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Anytime you see Microsoft doing stuff for security, it's good, it's important.
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I do expect it to be a huge problem.
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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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Microsoft's operating system was never designed with security in mind. For Microsoft, security is always an afterthought.
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It's a huge betrayal of the public trust, and they know it.
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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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Sounds like a protection racket, doesn't it? ... It is a protection racket.
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I generally think the terrorists do something new each time. It is a big hole in the system.