The lesson here is that it is insufficient to protect ourse… - Bruce Schneier

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The lesson here is that it is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics. Encryption is too important to be left solely to governments.

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Bruce Schneier (born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security specialist, and writer.

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