209 Quotes by Bruce Schneier

No one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.

I'm worried about data leakage. It's frustrating because I want to use a good desktop search program.

People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.

I'm worried about data leakage, ... It's frustrating because I want to use a good desktop search program.

I generally think the terrorists do something new each time. It is a big hole in the system.

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.

In New Orleans, the machines just crashed, ... They didn't work. And there was no backup planned; there were no paper ballots.

The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.

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.