Snowden And Schneier Point Out Another Reason Not To Undermine Internet Security: Information Asymmetry

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:49:00 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150127/02330229827/snowden-schneier-point-out-another-reason-not-to-undermine-internet-security-information-asymmetry.shtml>

"Whenever you have a technique to attack their stuff, you are
necessarily leaving our stuff vulnerable. Conversely, whenever you fix
our stuff, you are fixing their stuff."

This is a very important point.  A strong defence is even more important
than a strong offence, so focussing only on how we can improve the
offensive capabilities of our security services without doing anything
much about our defenses makes us all more and more vulnerable.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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