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

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

It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics.

The more we expect technology to protect us from people in the same way it protects us from nature, the more we will sacrifice the very values of our society in futile attempts to achieve this security.

The more technological a society is, the greater the security gap is.

Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users, and they don't affect performance. It's much cheaper to release buggy software and fix the 5% to 10% of bugs people find and complain about.

ID can be hijacked, and cards can be faked. All of the 9/11 terrorists had fake IDs, yet they still got on the planes. If the British national ID card can't be faked, it will be the first on the planet.