Metadata equals surveillance; it's that simple.

If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.

More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.

People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.

Security is a process, not a product.

If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different.

Don't make the mistake of thinking you're Facebook's customer, you're not - you're the product.

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.

Loving was so joyful and charming.Forgetting is so tearful and never ending.

The mind is a vast place and its hungers far sharper than the body's

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider's web.

Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.

I grew up with a truck. My dad had one, so I like trucks.

Washington newspaper men know everything.

Commit to a career built on sacrifice, not compromise.

Every time you feel miserable, there is present an excellent opportunity to make a big step forward.

I thought that we were getting somewhere, but we're still nowhere at all. I watch your tail lights fading, I try but a tear won't fall.