Bruce Schneier, Steal This Wi-Fi: “Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that surprises people — and attracts the most criticism — is the fact that I run an open wireless network at home. There’s no password. There’s no encryption. Anyone with wireless capability who can see my network [...]
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Security is a trade-off, just like anything else.
December 4th, 2007
Freakonomics, Bruce Schneier Blazes Through Your Questions: “Last week, we solicited your questions for Internet security guru Bruce Shneier. He responded in force, taking on nearly every question, and his answers are extraordinarily interesting, providing mandatory reading for anyone who uses a computer. He also plainly thinks like an economist: search below for “crime pays” [...]
Tags: bruce schneier · economics · freakonomics · security
The War on the Unexpected
November 1st, 2007
Bruce Schneier, The War on the Unexpected: “We’ve opened up a new front on the war on terror. It’s an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it’s a war on different. If you act different, you might find yourself investigated, questioned, and even arrested — even if you did nothing wrong, and had [...]
Tags: bruce schneier · usa · war on terror
Cyberwar
June 4th, 2007
Bruce Schneier: “For it to be cyberwar, it must first be war. And in the 21st century, war will inevitably include cyberwar. “
Tags: bruce schneier · cyberwar · internet · security
What the Terrorists Want
August 24th, 2006
“The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the [...]
Tags: bruce schneier · politics · terrorism