American - Scientist | January 15, 1963 -
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
Bruce Schneier
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There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.
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The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.
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People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
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I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.
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It's frustrating; terrorism is rare and largely ineffectual, yet we regularly magnify the effects of both their successes and failures by terrorizing ourselves.
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It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.
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There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.
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You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.
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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.
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No one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.
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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.
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