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
Bruce Schneier quotes about
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.
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.
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.
house parks cameras
If the FBI parks a van bristling with cameras outside your house, you are justified in closing your blinds.
country media needs
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.
liberty privacy intrusion
Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.
country way damage
Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage.