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Re:Snowden Meets the IETF by SEJeff on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @03:31PM (#9931758)
Not sure if you've ever heard of Bruce Schneier, but he is regarded by many as the father of modern cryptography. He also happens to know a thing or two about security, and frequently testifies to the US government such as the Senate on cybersecurity related matters.

Here are a few of his thoughts on the matter:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/02/balancing_sec...

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/08/security_vs_u...

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/09/unauthenticat...

Schenier's own words: """ Designing systems for usability is hard, especially when security is involved. Almost by definition, making something secure makes it less usable. """

Feel free to disagree with one of the leading experts in the field, but I doubt you'll end up right.

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Re:Snowden Meets the IETF by dpeck on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @04:13PM (#9931995)
|he is regarded by many as the father of modern cryptography

No, he both isn't that and isn't regarded as that either.

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Re:Snowden Meets the IETF by spacemanmatt on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @07:34PM (#9933065)
Seriously. But the man is very well respected in the security industry, though.
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Re:Snowden Meets the IETF by dpeck on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @11:55PM (#9933903)
No denying that, though sometimes I wonder why. For fun google for "bruce schenier $mammal" theres a good chance you'll find a blog post with him putting out an odd analogy.
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