“I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed ...” — Whitfield Diffie Quote

I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable.

If you depend on a secret for your security, what do you do when the secret is discovered? If it is easy to change, like a cryptographic key, you do so. If it's hard to change, like a cryptographic system or an operating system, you're stuck. You will be vulnerable until you invest the time and money to design another system.

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much.

Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.

I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to hear something honest and a little bit different. So, I did feel a bit like a clown. You're knocking on everyone's door trying to get them to believe what you're doing.

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between the lines. What I'm compelled by most is that transparency of thought, what is left unspoken.