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> [It's only after you get down into the technical weeds - and they are admittedly rather weedy - that it becomes clear that this is much harder than it seems and not something we're going to be able to solve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/it-s-only-after-you-get-down-into-the-technical-weeds-and-they-are/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

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## More by Matt Blaze

> [Clipper took a relatively simple problem, encryption between two phones, and turned it into a much more complex problem, encryption between two phones but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/clipper-took-a-relatively-simple-problem-encryption-between-two/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [I think it's interesting because the 1990s ended with the government pretty much giving up. There was a recognition that encryption was important. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/i-think-it-s-interesting-because-the-1990s-ended-with-the-government/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [I believed then, and continue to believe now, that the benefits to our security and freedom of widely available cryptography far, far outweigh the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/i-believed-then-and-continue-to-believe-now-that-the-benefits-to-our/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/on-balance-the-use-of-encryption-just-like-the-use-of-good-locks-on/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [So, in 1993, in what was probably the first salvo of the first Crypto War, there was concern coming from the National Security Agency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/so-in-1993-in-what-was-probably-the-first-salvo-of-the-first-crypto/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [As the local police department might want to decrypt a phone of a criminal suspect, so would the Chinese or the Russian or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/as-the-local-police-department-might-want-to-decrypt-a-phone-of-a/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [In order for any smartphone manufacturer to decrypt the data on your phone, it has to hold onto a secret that lets it get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/in-order-for-any-smartphone-manufacturer-to-decrypt-the-data-on-your/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/the-security-of-computers-and-the-internet-is-a-horrible-and/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [ From a policymaker's point of view, \[the back door\] must look like a perfect solution. "We'll hold onto a separate copy of the keys,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/from-a-policymaker-s-point-of-view-the-back-door-must-look-like-a/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [There's been a certain amount of opportunism in the wake of the Paris attacks in 2015, when there was almost a reflexive assumption that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/there-s-been-a-certain-amount-of-opportunism-in-the-wake-of-the-paris/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [Telephone handsets are particularly in need of built-in security. We have almost every aspect of our personal and work lives reflected on them and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/telephone-handsets-are-particularly-in-need-of-built-in-security-we/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [If it were possible to hold onto this sort of database and really be assured that only good guys get access to it, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/if-it-were-possible-to-hold-onto-this-sort-of-database-and-really-be/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [As we build systems that are more and more complex, we make more and more subtle but very high-impact mistakes. As we use computers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/as-we-build-systems-that-are-more-and-more-complex-we-make-more-and/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/computer-science-doesn-t-know-how-to-build-complex-systems-that-work/)

[Matt Blaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-blaze/)

> [What encryption lets us do is say, "Yes, the Internet is insecure." Bad guys are able to compromise computers everywhere, but we're able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-blaze/what-encryption-lets-us-do-is-say-yes-the-internet-is-insecure-bad/)

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