Schneier on Security

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But the question is: is everything we go through at checkpoints actually making us safer? Security expert Bruce Schneier says no. He says much of it is just "security theater."

"It’s a phrase I coined for security measures that look good, but don’t actually do anything," he explained.

Schneier, who has been an adviser to TSA but also its most persistent thorn-in-the-side, says there are too many silly rules.

Take the baggies for liquids, which became a rule in 2006 when British authorities uncovered a plot to bring liquid bombs on board airliners headed for the U.S.: Schneier says the liquid limits may make us feel safe, but do little to stop terrorists…

Bruce Schneier és considerat internacionalment com un gurú de la seguretat informàtica. Va fundar, i actualment dirigeix, la divisió tecnològica de la companyia BT Counterpane, especialitzada en serveis de seguretat informàtica. Citat habitualment als mitjans de comunicació, Schneier ha escrit nombrosos articles a la premsa i ha testificat diverses vegades sobre seguretat al Congrés dels Estats Units.

Note: in this video, the questions are in Spanish but Bruce Schneier’s responses are in English.

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BT’s Bruce Schneier and Ray Stanton talk security with ComputerWeekly.com’s security blogger David Lacey at Infosecurity 2008.

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While the media bombards consumers with frightening stories, discussions about security are thwarted by the failure of language to separate the “feeling” and “reality” of security, says security guru Bruce Schneier.

Schneier, author of Applied Cryptography and his most recent book Beyond Fear, reckons there is a fundamental problem with the way humans think about security. And its roots can be drawn back to a failure of language.

“‘Security’ is a complicated word,” Schneier told ZDnet.com.au at linuxconf08.

“You can feel secure and there’s the reality of security—how secure you are. And they’re different things. You can …