Bruce Schneier: Security

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“If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.”

Bruce Schneier

preface to 2015 edition of Secrets and Lies
Cryptography
Context: A few years ago I heard a quotation, and I am going to modify it here: If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.

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“Against the average user, anything works; there's no need for complex security software. Against the skilled attacker, on the other hand, nothing works.”

Bruce Schneier

The Fallacy of Trusted Client Software, Schneier, Bruce, 2001-08, Cryptogram newsletter, 2018-08-12 https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2000/08/the_fallacy_of_trust.html,
Digital Rights Management

“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

Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World - Bruce Schneier
Cryptography

“Well-designed security systems fail gracefully.”

Bruce Schneier

Airport Security Failure, Schneier, Bruce, 2006-03-14, Schneier on Security, 2022-06-31 https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/03/airport_securit_2.html,
Human perception of reality, risk and terrorism