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title: "2 Depend Quotes By Whitfield Diffie"
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> [It's simply unrealistic to depend on secrecy for security in computer software. You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program out of general circulation, but can you prevent the code from being reverse-engineered by serious opponents?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/it-s-simply-unrealistic-to-depend-on-secrecy-for-security-in-computer/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

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> [If you depend on a secret for your security, what do you do when the secret is discovered? If it is easy to change, like a cryptographic key, you do so. If it's hard to change, like a cryptographic system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/if-you-depend-on-a-secret-for-your-security-what-do-you-do-when-the/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

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## Other authors on Depend

## More by Whitfield Diffie

> [We have experienced an utter explosion in investigative techniques. Walk the streets, look at the cameras! They are now recognising people automatically from photos;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/we-have-experienced-an-utter-explosion-in-investigative-techniques/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/i-thought-cryptography-was-a-technique-that-did-not-require-your/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [People are leaving trails everywhere they go; automated web crawlers tell you an awful lot about their social activities. The flow of information in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/people-are-leaving-trails-everywhere-they-go-automated-web-crawlers/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [Lots of people working in cryptography have no deep concern with real application issues. They are trying to discover things clever enough to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/lots-of-people-working-in-cryptography-have-no-deep-concern-with-real/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/no-right-of-private-conversation-was-enumerated-in-the-constitution-i/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/one-of-the-things-that-characterizes-good-intellectual-work-is-a/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [The most important impact of technology on communications security is that it draws better and better traffic into vulnerable channels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/the-most-important-impact-of-technology-on-communications-security-is/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [It isn't that secrets are never needed in security. It's that they are never desirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/it-isn-t-that-secrets-are-never-needed-in-security-it-s-that-they-are/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [Cloud computing is a challenge to security, but one that can be overcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/cloud-computing-is-a-challenge-to-security-but-one-that-can-be/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/i-understood-the-importance-in-principle-of-public-key-cryptography/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [In a sense, communications networks can be defined entirely by who has cryptographic keys, and I think a lot of networks will work that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/in-a-sense-communications-networks-can-be-defined-entirely-by-who-has/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [People constantly face problems they've never seen before, and they have to solve them somehow. So a million people come up with a million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/people-constantly-face-problems-they-ve-never-seen-before-and-they/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [Cloud computing means you are doing your computing on somebody else's computer. Looking ahead a little, I firmly believe cloud - previously called grid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/cloud-computing-means-you-are-doing-your-computing-on-somebody-else-s/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/some-people-make-sharp-distinctions-sort-of-between-their/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

> [It's simply unrealistic to depend on secrecy for security in computer software. You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/it-s-simply-unrealistic-to-depend-on-secrecy-for-security-in-computer/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

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