Bruce Schneier Quotes
Top 50 wise famous quotes and sayings by Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier Famous Quotes & Sayings
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More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.
Chaos is hard to create, even on the Internet. Here's an example. Go to Amazon. Buy a book without using SSL. Watch the total lack of chaos.
We no longer know whom to trust. This is the greatest damage the NSA has done to the Internet, and will be the hardest to fix.
The fundamental driver in computer security, in all of the computer industry, is economics. That requires a lot of re-education for us security geeks.
Data is the pollution problem of the information age, and protecting privacy is the environmental challenge.
Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can't break.
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.
A colleague once told me that the world was full of bad security systems designed by people who read Applied Cryptography
People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.
It's certainly easier to implement bad security and make it illegal for anyone to notice than it is to implement good security.
The science and engineering of programming just isn't good enough to produce flawless software, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. The
If the FBI parks a van bristling with cameras outside your house, you are justified in closing your blinds.
Choosing providers is not a choice between surveillance/not; it's just choosing which feudal lord gets to spy on you.
I tell people if it's in the news don't worry about it. Because by definition news is something that almost never happens.
I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.
Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol - it's a waste of time.
If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.
If anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.