Robert X. Cringely Quotes

The fact that this highly classified information of very, very important people in many cases was so poorly protected demonstrates that cyber security is just one more area where the Obama administration has failed.

If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.

Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

Secretary Clinton was warned repeatedly about her duty to secure classified information and that her unsecure server did not meet that standard.

While the Census Bureau already has a legal obligation to keep people's information confidential, we all know that in an age of cyber attacks and computer hacking that ensuring people's privacy can be difficult.

Ultimately, taxpayers deserve a government that leverages technology to serve them, rather than one that deploys unsecure, decades old technology, and keeps sensitive information in non-encrypted databases.

People want to have some assurance that their privacy, their data is going to be protected.

Users are innocent for they can not really make sure if their information is safe or not.

When somebody asks for a favor involving information, if you don't know him or can't verify his identity, just say no.

You have to fight for your privacy or you lose it.

Do you realize the FBI filing system from the '50s was much more secure? How could you have stolen that data? It was on notecards. Now someone with a thumb drive, or remotely, can take the equivalent of millions of those notecards.

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

As we all become increasingly reliant on social networking websites and new technologies to stay connected, it's important to remain cognizant of how private personal information and data is handled.

When documents were analog, they were protected by government laws against unreasonable search and seizure. When they live in the cloud... the ground is shifting.

I want my government to do something about my privacy - I don't want to just do it on my own.

Pictures get manipulated, pictures get dropped into accounts. We've asked an internet security firm and a law firm to take a hard look at this to come up with a conclusion about what happened and to make sure it doesn't happen again.

If information is collected, it will be compromised. People have no idea of the way that data collected for one purpose may be used for another.

There are security risks not only from information falling into the wrong hands, but also from information failing to find its way into the right hands. The government’s current approach to protecting classified information does not recognize this risk from failing to share

As much as possible, you simply don't give out information to the public, that is the first principle.

Efforts to constrain encryption through forms of extraordinary access will inevitably introduce vulnerabilities into the security of consumer products in ways that are likely to have adverse long-term effects on the security, privacy, and civil liberties of citizens.

On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions.

There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur.