A colleague once told me that the world was full of bad security systems designed by people who read Applied Cryptography

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.

Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.

The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.

Air travel survived decades of terrorism, including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is that we'll scare ourselves into making air travel so onerous that we won't fly anymore.

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