Data Sharing Review

[Wendy M. Grossman]

Richard Clayton wrote:

> In article <82abd3a70807170229t18c5ed1cybac09e2251ecc2ea@mail.gmail.com>
> , Michael Simpson <mikie.simpson@gmail.com> writes
> 
>> <preaching to the choir>
>>
>> Cryptography is the ideal solution where there are trust issues, 
> 
> erm...  you didn't mean that surely :(
> 
> Cryptography is a building block, and one that is often poorly employed
> (and _de_ployed even worse).
> 
> The Lampson/Needham quote "Whoever thinks his problem can be solved
> using cryptography, doesn't understand his problem and doesn't
> understand cryptography" has more than a grain of truth to it.

I like Bruce Sterling's version of that, heard at the 1994 CFP: 
"Mathematics is not your *friend*."

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