I don’t usually put up posts pointing to other blogs… after all, the original posting is already out there. Also, this is just a personal blog anyway… meant to be read by friends and family. Still, I read Bruce Schneier’s blog on security issues pretty much daily, and a recent post shows why. He is one of a very few people talking any sense about terrorism (or encryption, or computer security, etc.) and about our response to it.
We have been panicking ever since 2001. In a lot of ways, I feel we’re the bull in an old-style bullfight… with the terrorists as the picadors. They taunt us with an attack, a planned attack, or even just a feint; and we charge immediately and without thinking things through. Millions of dollars are thrown away, we are inconvenienced in our daily lives, and—more critically to my mind—the busies in Washington use our panic as a lever to foist things on us that 10 years ago would have been unthinkable.
Meanwhile, there are a precious few voices out there trying to get people to think. So, if you don’t already, read what Bruce Schneier writes. We need to start thinking about what we’re doing… before the bad guys are awarded both ears and the tail.
[Edit: This is an old posting, and I haven't gotten a single legitimate comment posted to it. I have, however, received hundreds of spam comments to this particular post for some reason, so I'm closing comments on it.]
