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Security is like Tetris: Your successes disappear but your failures pile up.

— Mikko Hyppönen

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The proliferation of internet-connected smart devices will be the IT asbestos of the future.

It is not a question of privacy against security. It's a question of freedom against control.

Rarely is anyone thanked for the work they did to prevent the disaster that didn't happen.

Adobe Reader is the worst piece of software I’ve seen, right after QuickTime.

We are no longer securing computers - we are securing the society.

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