37 Quotes by Alex Stamos

I think... all of the best public cryptographers in the world would agree that you can't really build back doors in crypto. That it's like drilling a hole in the windshield.

If you break into an oil company and you're able to find out what gas leases they're interested in, that could be a multi-billion dollar swing in value for one company over another a multi-decade period.

A lot of the people who are hacking on behalf of governments are doing so on a contract basis. And they also do other things. They will hack on behalf of spammers, and will just be hired for a specific job.

We will continue to invest in our people and technology to help provide a safe place for civic discourse and meaningful connections on Facebook.

Too many companies are reluctant to share technical information about threats with each other, and most open platforms and tools don't see widespread adoption. As a result, lots of us are reinventing the wheel and solving the same problems without realizing that our neighbors have already built great solutions.

Security people aren't brilliant; we aren't smarter than everyone else.

There's a big focus in the security industry on incredibly sophisticated attacks and on very sophisticated threat actors.

Tech companies are famous for providing freedom for engineers to customize their environments & experiment with new tools... allowing for this freedom helps creativity and productivity.

I think anybody who uses email in the center of our life needs encryption.