Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage.

Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage.

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 it's easy to remember, it's something nonrandom like 'Susan.' And if it's random, like 'r7U2*Qnp,' then it's not easy to remember.

The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.

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

People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.

It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.