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Bruce Schneier [1963-0] American

Rank: 102
Scientist, Cryptographer

Bruce Schneier is 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.

Computers, Government, Technology, Travel

Quote	Tags	Rank
It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.		101
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.	Government	102
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.	Technology	103
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.		104
I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.	Computers	105
You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.		106
No one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.		107
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.	Computers	108
When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.		109
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.		110
The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.		111
There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.		112
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.	Travel	113
Think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value of information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data.		114
It's frustrating; terrorism is rare and largely ineffectual, yet we regularly magnify the effects of both their successes and failures by terrorizing ourselves.		115

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