The ability to understand and explain the 'big picture' of security that Obama displays in this comment is certainly confidence inspiring. To me, at least!
Schneier has purged all purely political comments, restricting the thread to discussion of security trade-offs only.
I wish that more people in charge of blogs and discussion sites maintained a focus like that: While Slashdot's anything-goes discussions have their place, so do focused conversations in which irrelevancies aren't allowed to intrude.
Unfortunately, Schneier is not a security expert, just a layman. He's a mathematician who somehow believes he's qualified to talk about a wide range of security topics. He's not.
Name anyone else who is similarly (or more) qualified that started writing about complicated security issues that laymen and management can understand.
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 46.1 ms ] threadI wish that more people in charge of blogs and discussion sites maintained a focus like that: While Slashdot's anything-goes discussions have their place, so do focused conversations in which irrelevancies aren't allowed to intrude.
If you disagree with his thoughts on the matter, feel free to share your low opinion of him, but do try to back it up with real reasoning.