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You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.

~Bruce Schneier

Topics: Defend Detect Only Prevent Respond The Only Thing Thing You

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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.

~Bruce Schneier

Topics: Air Air Travel Anymore Attack Attacks Deaths Decades Everyone Fly Including Making Next Only Ourselves Plane Real Resulted Scare Successful Survive Survived Terrorism Travel Which Worry

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It's frustrating; terrorism is rare and largely ineffectual, yet we regularly magnify the effects of both their successes and failures by terrorizing ourselves.

~Bruce Schneier

Topics: Both Effects Failures Frustrating Largely Magnify Ourselves Rare Regularly Successes Terrorism

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When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.

~Bruce Schneier

Topics: Any Crisis Done Even Feel Invisible Largely Make Measures Naturally Need People Politicians Response Safe Safer Scared Security Sense Something Them Truly Unfortunately Want Will Work

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Think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value of information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data.

~Bruce Schneier

Topics: Additional Data Derive Determines Equation Existing Information More More Power New Power Think Value You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: January 15th, 1963

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