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About Bruce Schneier I am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people.
I've been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998.
I'm a fellow and lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School, a board member of EFF, and the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc. This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.


This Cyber News was published on www.schneier.com. Publication date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:43:05 +0000


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