Have I mentioned that Bruce Schneier is like unto a God among my people?
I mean the deep geeks, like me, are into him because he’s a leading cryptographer–his Twofish algorithm (which I actually implemented in a product at the last company) was an AES candidate–and he’s written interesting technical books on cryptography.
However, he’s also a writer on more general security issues, writing in an easily digested style that doesn’t sacrifice content. Everyone should follow his blog, which is mostly a series of pointers to various articles and interviews, especially if they are going to talk about things like “homeland security”, and I would also recommend some of his popularist books to anyone interested in the topic.
He lives in my favourite U.S. city, and we have some friends in common–I actually had a chance to go to his birthday party last year, although I couldn’t, sadly. I think if Counterpane ever offered me a job I might have to rethink my long standing position on moving to the U.S. for work.
