It's certainly easier to implement bad security and make it illegal for anyone to notice than it is to implement good security.

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

Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.

And honestly, if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.

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

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.

Technical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.