Cryptography Quotes

“I'm trying to replace the need for trust with the certainty of mathematics.”

“The goal is not to make something that's unbreakable. The goal is to make something that's too expensive to break.”

“Public-key cryptography is not a panacea. It's a tool, and like any tool, it can be misused.”

“Encryption is a double-edged sword.”

“Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.”

“The magic of public-key cryptography is that you can have a system where you can send a message that only one person can read, but you don't have to have any prior arrangement with that person.”

“Before public key cryptography, if you wanted to send a secret message to someone, you had to first agree on a secret key. This was a major bottleneck.”

“I used codes that were actually used historically, and I developed some of my own.”

“The first rule of sane cryptography: never invent your own.”

“The core idea of public key cryptography is to make it easy for two people to communicate securely, even if they've never met before.”

“In a world of ubiquitous surveillance, public key cryptography is one of the few tools we have to protect our privacy.”

“Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.”

“A digital signature is a way of proving that a message came from a particular person, and that it hasn't been tampered with.”