Security Quotes

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It used to be expensive to make things public and cheap to make them private. Now it's expensive to make things private and cheap to… — Clay Shirky
The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time. — Bruce Schneier
If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are… — Bruce Schneier
The mantra of any good security engineer is: 'Security is a not a product, but a process.' It's more than designing strong cryptography into a… — Bruce Schneier
In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to… — Dennis Miller
Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm. When the police came, he… — Rita Rudner
Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful. — Niccolo Machiavelli
We only need to be lucky once. You need to be lucky every time. — Margaret Thatcher
The whole notion of passwords is based on an oxymoron. The idea is to have a random string that is easy to remember. Unfortunately, if… — Bruce Schneier
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 to… — Bruce Schneier
The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be… — Esther Dyson
Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing… — Tim Berners-Lee
Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather, antecedent to… — Henry Steele Commager
One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't. — Lyn Nofziger
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my… — Dave Barry
If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security. — Samuel Adams
[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Living based in security is living based in fear. — T. Harv Eker
For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise. — Harry Browne

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