Re: Power in the Age of the Feudal Internet - Bruce Schneier

On 07/21/2016 11:17 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:

On 07/22/2016 12:25 AM, John wrote:

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On July 21, 2016 11:22:36 PM EDT, Rayzer wrote:

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I was probably wrong about my statement he doesn't have the technical capability to examine code like ioerror

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Actually I believe he wrote a book on coding cryptography, example code in C. He can code.

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https://www.schneier.com/books/applied_cryptography/

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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