Top 120 Bruce Schneier Quotes (2024 Update)
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Bruce Schneier Quote: “The only reason we know this story is that Levison ran his own company. He had no corporate masters. He had no shareholders. He was able to destroy his own business for moral reasons.”

101. “The only reason we know this story is that Levison ran his own company. He had no corporate masters. He had no shareholders. He was able to destroy his own business for moral reasons.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “The overwhelming bulk of surveillance is corporate, and it occurs because we ostensibly agree to it. I don’t mean that we make an informed decision agreeing to it; instead, we accept it either because we get value from the service or because we are offered a package deal that includes surveillance and don’t have any real choice in the matter.”

102. “The overwhelming bulk of surveillance is corporate, and it occurs because we ostensibly agree to it. I don’t mean that we make an informed decision agreeing to it; instead, we accept it either because we get value from the service or because we are offered a package deal that includes surveillance and don’t have any real choice in the matter.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Buzzfeed is an entertainment website that collects an enormous amount of information about its users. Much of the data comes from traditional Internet tracking, but Buzzfeed also has a lot of fun quizzes, some of which ask very personal questions. One of them – “How Privileged Are You?” – asks about financial details, job stability, recreational activities, and mental health. Over two million people have taken that quiz, not realizing that Buzzfeed saves data from its quizzes.”

103. “Buzzfeed is an entertainment website that collects an enormous amount of information about its users. Much of the data comes from traditional Internet tracking, but Buzzfeed also has a lot of fun quizzes, some of which ask very personal questions. One of them – “How Privileged Are You?” – asks about financial details, job stability, recreational activities, and mental health. Over two million people have taken that quiz, not realizing that Buzzfeed saves data from its quizzes.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “By 2010, we as a species were creating more data per day than we did from the beginning of time until 2003. By 2015, 76 exabytes of data will travel across the Internet every year.”

104. “By 2010, we as a species were creating more data per day than we did from the beginning of time until 2003. By 2015, 76 exabytes of data will travel across the Internet every year.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “For example, we know that the US government convinced Skype – through bribery, coercion, threat, or legal compulsion – to make changes in how the program operates, to facilitate eavesdropping.”

105. “For example, we know that the US government convinced Skype – through bribery, coercion, threat, or legal compulsion – to make changes in how the program operates, to facilitate eavesdropping.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Given current laws, trust is our only option.”

106. “Given current laws, trust is our only option.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “A 2010 investigation found that 1,931 different corporations are working on intelligence, counterterrorism, or homeland security inside the US.”

107. “A 2010 investigation found that 1,931 different corporations are working on intelligence, counterterrorism, or homeland security inside the US.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Those of us who fought the crypto wars, as we call them, thought we had won them in the 1990s. What the Snowden documents have shown us is that instead of dropping the notion of getting backdoor government access, the NSA and FBI just kept doing it in secret.”

108. “Those of us who fought the crypto wars, as we call them, thought we had won them in the 1990s. What the Snowden documents have shown us is that instead of dropping the notion of getting backdoor government access, the NSA and FBI just kept doing it in secret.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “483,000 government contractors hold top-secret clearances: a third of the 1.4 million people cleared at that level.”

109. “483,000 government contractors hold top-secret clearances: a third of the 1.4 million people cleared at that level.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “And before any of that can happen, there must be some major changes in the way society views and values privacy, security, liberty, trust, and a handful of other abstract concepts that are defining this.”

110. “And before any of that can happen, there must be some major changes in the way society views and values privacy, security, liberty, trust, and a handful of other abstract concepts that are defining this.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “US law requires financial institutions to report cash transactions of $10,000 or larger to the government; for currency exchangers, the threshold is $1,000.”

111. “US law requires financial institutions to report cash transactions of $10,000 or larger to the government; for currency exchangers, the threshold is $1,000.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Already law enforcement agencies make use of predictive analytic tools to identify suspects and direct investigations. It’s a short step from there to the world of Big Brother and thoughtcrime.”

112. “Already law enforcement agencies make use of predictive analytic tools to identify suspects and direct investigations. It’s a short step from there to the world of Big Brother and thoughtcrime.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Increasingly, companies use their power to influence and manipulate their users. Websites that profit from advertising spend a lot of effort making sure you spend as much time on those sites as possible, optimizing their content for maximum addictiveness.”

113. “Increasingly, companies use their power to influence and manipulate their users. Websites that profit from advertising spend a lot of effort making sure you spend as much time on those sites as possible, optimizing their content for maximum addictiveness.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Estimates put the current number of Internet-connected devices at 10 billion.”

114. “Estimates put the current number of Internet-connected devices at 10 billion.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “We saw this in late 2014 when Apple finally encrypted iPhone data; one after the other, law enforcement officials raised the specter of kidnappers and child predators. This is a common fearmongering assertion, but no one has pointed to any actual cases where this was an issue. Of the 3,576 major offenses for which warrants were granted for communications interception in 2013, exactly one involved kidnapping – and the victim wasn’t a child.”

115. “We saw this in late 2014 when Apple finally encrypted iPhone data; one after the other, law enforcement officials raised the specter of kidnappers and child predators. This is a common fearmongering assertion, but no one has pointed to any actual cases where this was an issue. Of the 3,576 major offenses for which warrants were granted for communications interception in 2013, exactly one involved kidnapping – and the victim wasn’t a child.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “One of the most surreal aspects of the NSA stories based on the Snowden documents is how they made even the most paranoid conspiracy theorists seem like paragons of reason and common sense.”

116. “One of the most surreal aspects of the NSA stories based on the Snowden documents is how they made even the most paranoid conspiracy theorists seem like paragons of reason and common sense.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “How did he know that?” we ask. How did I lose control of who knows about my traumatic childhood, my penchant for tasteless humor, or my vacation to the Dominican Republic? You may know this feeling: you felt it when your mother friended you on Facebook, or on any other social networking site that used to be just you and your friends. Privacy violations are intrusions.”

117. “How did he know that?” we ask. How did I lose control of who knows about my traumatic childhood, my penchant for tasteless humor, or my vacation to the Dominican Republic? You may know this feeling: you felt it when your mother friended you on Facebook, or on any other social networking site that used to be just you and your friends. Privacy violations are intrusions.”

— Bruce Schneier

Bruce Schneier Quote: “But when it comes to governments, unhappy as I am to say it, I would rather be eavesdropped on by the US government than by many other regimes.”

118. “But when it comes to governments, unhappy as I am to say it, I would rather be eavesdropped on by the US government than by many other regimes.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “We are social animals, and there’s nothing more powerful or rewarding than communicating with other people. Digital means have become the easiest and quickest way to communicate.”

119. “We are social animals, and there’s nothing more powerful or rewarding than communicating with other people. Digital means have become the easiest and quickest way to communicate.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Worldwide, Google has the capacity to store 15 exabytes.”

120. “Worldwide, Google has the capacity to store 15 exabytes.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “Writer and Internet activist Clay Shirky has noted that “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”

121. “Writer and Internet activist Clay Shirky has noted that “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”

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Bruce Schneier Quote: “You can load your own documents onto your Kindle, but Amazon is able to delete books it has already sold you. In 2009, Amazon automatically deleted some editions of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four from users’ Kindles because of a copyright issue. I know, you just couldn’t write this stuff any more ironically.”

122. “You can load your own documents onto your Kindle, but Amazon is able to delete books it has already sold you. In 2009, Amazon automatically deleted some editions of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four from users’ Kindles because of a copyright issue. I know, you just couldn’t write this stuff any more ironically.”

— Bruce Schneier

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