A colleague once told me that the world was full of bad security systems designed by people who read Applied Cryptography — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk. — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. The sooner people accept this, and build business models… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them. — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
The more we expect technology to protect us from people in the same way it protects us from nature, the more we… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems. — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer.… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
I tell people if it's in the news don't worry about it. Because by definition news is something that almost never happens. — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
It is sort of interesting that in our society this days we are very quick to apply the term 'war' to places where thare… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government. — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Don't make the mistake of thinking you're Facebook's customer, you're not – you're the product, — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Cryptography products may be declared illegal, but the information will never be — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
A colleague once told me that the world was full of bad security systems designed by people who read Applied Cryptography — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
History has taught us: never underestimate the amount of money, time, and effort someone will expend to thwart a security system. It's always better… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
ID can be hijacked, and cards can be faked. All of the 9/11 terrorists had fake IDs, yet they still got on the planes.… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
It's certainly easier to implement bad security and make it illegal for anyone to notice than it is to implement good security. — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
