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Bruce Schneier

What Bruce Schneier thinks about cybersecurity

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Security technologist and author, lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He has written about the economics and politics of security at schneier.com since 2004, and coined much of the vocabulary the encryption debate is argued in.

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4 dated positions, 2016 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Bruce Schneier has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingAI coding agents pulling unknown code onto corporate networks will be exploited, and it will take the shape of a supply-chain attack.

    coding agentssolar

    Their wordsThis kind of thing will be exploited. Think Solar Winds–style supply chain attacks.

    ↗AI Coding Agents Are Installing Unknown/Untrusted Code on Corporate Networksschneier.com

  2. 11 years earlier

  3. Our readingStored personal data is a toxic asset: it is a liability that keeps growing for as long as it is kept.

    Their wordsWhat all these data breaches are teaching us is that data is a toxic asset and saving it is dangerous.

    ↗Data Is a Toxic Assetschneier.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  4. 5 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingWidespread encryption protects far more against bulk surveillance than against a targeted attacker.

    privacy

    Their wordsUbiquitous encryption protects us much more from bulk surveillance than from targeted surveillance.

    ↗Security vs. Surveillanceschneier.com 3rd of 4 in this piece

  7. Our readingAgainst a sufficiently skilled and determined attacker computer security fails, and most people are safe only because nobody bothered with them.

    Their wordsIf a sufficiently skilled, funded, and motivated attacker wants in to your computer, they’re in.

    ↗Security vs. Surveillanceschneier.com 4th of 4 in this piece