On 07/21/2016 11:17 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: > > > On 07/22/2016 12:25 AM, John wrote: > > > > On July 21, 2016 11:22:36 PM EDT, Rayzer <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I was probably wrong about my statement he doesn't have the > >> technical capability to examine code like ioerror > >> > > > Actually I believe he wrote a book on coding cryptography, example > > code in C. He can code. > > > https://www.schneier.com/books/applied_cryptography/ > > > Hes also written at least a few open source tools, e.g. > > passwordsafe. > > And AES finalist Twofish. (What we now call "AES" is actually > Rijndael, see http://csrc.nist.gov/archive/aes/index2.html ) > > In the essay above, I did note a thread of pro-Establishment political > correctness running all through the rhetoric. Does he really buy it, > is he just protecting his tenure in the Corporate Suits hierarchy, or > is he tying a pork chop around the necks of a few inconvenient truths > in hope that policymakers will at least play with them? > > Only Bruce Schneier knows the real Bruce Schneier Facts. If I had to > guess, I would say all three. One thing we do know: You won't catch > him consorting with the peasants. > > :o) > > >
The essay illustrates he understands how political and social power affects technology and science. That knowledge can cut both ways. Here's a little bit of humor slander about him... "I think he's Grey." (snigger) Rr
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