Ask Slashdot: Can Bruce Schneier Be Trusted?

An anonymous reader writes "Security guru Bruce Schneier is, among other things, a world renowned cryptography expert, author of several popular books, and a second-order internet meme. He is also an outspoken critic of the NSA, in particular the massive NSA surveillance programs disclosed over the summer by Edward Snowden. Schneier has been involved in reviewing the leaked documents and has put in effort to determine which cryptosystems should still be considered safe. I'm a big fan of Bruce Schneier, but just to play devil's advocate, let's say, hypothetically, that Schneier is actually in cahoots with the NSA. Who better to reinstate public trust in weakened cryptosystems? As an exercise in security that Schneier himself may find interesting, what methods are available for proving (or at least affirming) that we can trust Bruce Schneier?"

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Hell no.

Personal experience; Ask Bruce to evaluate our product. His reply "The more you pay, the more I like it."

He is a crypto savvy person, who can manipulate his opinion however it needs to, to generate the most income.

Do you trust a dentist to tell you how often you need dental checkups? Or an oil change company to tell you how often to change your oil?

Oh wait, you probably do, don't you?