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Posted by Hemos on from the lock-down-everything dept.

A reader writes: ""Where Schneier had sought one overarching technical fix, hard experience had taught him the quest was illusory." A long and detailed article at The Atlantic Online on why Bruce Schneier has come down from his strong cryptography tower to preach the gospel of small scale, ductile security against the popular approach of broad scale, often high tech security that often proves to be very brittle."

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  1. Interesting article. by ^MB^ · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Very long, but worth the time to read. I've been a big fan of Schneier since i read his book a few years ago.

    Best Article quote: "Cryptophiles, Schneier among them, had been so enraptured by the possibilities of uncrackable ciphers that they forgot they were living in a world in which people can't program VCRs.

    Perfect timing as I'm gearing up for CRYPTO 2002 at UCSB, YAY!

    -Nick