World-leaders in Cryptography: Bruce Schneier (Feb 2024)

This seminar series runs for students in the Applied Cryptography and Trust module but invites guests from students from across the university. This seminar series runs for students in the Applied Cryptography and Trust module but invites guests from students across the university. He has created a wide range of cryptographic methods, including Skein (hash function), Helix (stream cipher), Fortuna (random number generator), and Blowfish/Twofish/Threefish (block ciphers).
Bruce has published 14 books, including best-sellers such as Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World. He has also published hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. Currently, Bruce is a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

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Hi Bill! Great to see you going strong!

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thanks

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😅 Bruce is so blunt and to the point! Very entertaining to watch; I'd love to chat to him at dinner and see him really let loose!

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Internet can be very unforgiving place and that's why privacy and anonymity are important. Like Bruce said in his book "Data and Goliath"; "forgetting is forgiving". Erasing embarrassing posts prevents them from affects your future.

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Justine Sacco learned all this in a hard way.