# Quote of the day: Bruce Schneier

DevFeed: [Quote of the day: Bruce Schneier](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/quote-of-the-day-bruce-schneier-35356.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/society/quote-of-the-day-bruce-schneier/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2013-06-14T03:02:15Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [Mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mathematics.md>), [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>)

Tags: [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mathematics.md>), [quote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quote.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>)

## AI overview

A quote from Bruce Schneier argues that laws alone are insufficient for protection and that mathematics is also necessary, in the context of the Clipper Chip and current events.

## Source excerpt

The lesson here is that it is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics - Applied Cryptography, in 1996 He's talking about lessons from the Clipper Chip (bet you'd forgotten that one!), but he could just as easily be talking about current events.