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
technology hygiene police
It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.
sacrifice technology people
The more we expect technology to protect us from people in the same way it protects us from nature, the more we will sacrifice the very values of our society in futile attempts to achieve this security.
technology security-systems taught-us
History has taught us: never underestimate the amount of money, time, and effort someone will expend to thwart a security system. It's always better to assume the worst. Assume your adversaries are better than they are. Assume science and technology will soon be able to do things they cannot yet. Give yourself a margin for error. Give yourself more security than you need today. When the unexpected happens, you'll be glad you did.
real successful air
Air travel survived decades of terrorism, including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is that we'll scare ourselves into making air travel so onerous that we won't fly anymore.
night damage-is-done data
Computer security can simply be protecting your equipment and files from disgruntled employees, spies, and anything that goes bump in the night, but there is much more. Computer security helps ensure that your computers, networks, and peripherals work as expected all the time, and that your data is safe in the event of hard disk crash or a power failure resulting from an electrical storm. Computer security also makes sure no damage is done to your data and that no one is able to read it unless you want them to.
learning people complaining
Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users, and they don't affect performance. It's much cheaper to release buggy software and fix the 5% to 10% of bugs people find and complain about.
fake firsts cards
ID can be hijacked, and cards can be faked. All of the 9/11 terrorists had fake IDs, yet they still got on the planes. If the British national ID card can't be faked, it will be the first on the planet.
fundamentals needs privacy
Privacy is a fundamental human need
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.
excellence microsoft flight
There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.
reading thinking news
if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.
culture problem harder
Technical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.
people machines target
Only amateurs attack machines; professionals target people.
children government four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse
Beware the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse: terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, and child pornographers. Seems like you can scare any public into allowing the government to do anything with those four.