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Bruce Schneier

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier, an internationally renowned security technologist, is the author of 14 books—including the New York Times best-seller Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World—as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. He isa an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Ideas

Let’s start treating cyber security like it matters

That means a real investigatory board for cyber incidents, not the hamstrung one we’ve got now.

Ideas

The newest threat to elections is AI-boosted disinformation

Studying how Russia, China, and Iran meddle in other countries can help the U.S. prepare for 2024.

Science & Tech

Who Are the Shadow Brokers?

What is—and isn’t—known about the mysterious hackers leaking National Security Agency secrets.

Ideas

Just Wait Until Data Thieves Start Releasing Altered and Fake Emails

It's one thing for someone to air your dirty laundry. It's another thing entirely to throw in a few choice items that aren't real.

Science & Tech

What the Future of Government Surveillance Looks Like

A future awaits where countries share intelligence one minute, then hack and cyberattack each other the next.

Science & Tech

When Does Cyber Spying Become a Cyber Attack?

Electronic espionage is different today than it was in the pre-Internet days of the Cold War. By Bruce Schneier

Business

The NSA's Surveillance Programs Aren't Making Us Any Safer

Simple legal tweaks won't stop an agency that has run amok. It'll take much more to make Americans more secure. By Bruce Schneier

Business

The NSA's Excuses Don't Hold Up

Watching everyone, all of the time, just doesn't make sense. By Bruce Schneier

Business

Can the NSA Operate in Secrecy Anymore?

The NSA spent decades operating in almost complete secrecy, but those days appear to be over. By Bruce Schneier

Ideas

Does America Need to Give Up Some Security to Fix the NSA?

The agency -- and its director -- may have pushed the edges of the law. It's time that some of its power is drawn down, even if its comes at a cost. By Bruce Schneier

Business

How the NSA Can Restore Public Trust

A special prosecutor would have free rein to go through the NSA's files and discover the full extent of what the agency is doing. By Bruce Schneier

Threats

Mission Creep: When Everything Is Terrorism

NSA apologists say spying is only used for menaces like "weapons of mass destruction" and "terror." But those terms have been radically redefined. By Bruce Schneier