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I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control to make the choice as to whether you would surrender your files.

— Whitfield Diffie

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.

— Barton Gellman

Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the Internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another.

— Julian Assange

In some ways, you can think of end-to-end encryption as honoring what the past looked like.

— Jan Koum

It's very hard to keep an uncrackable encryption if you share it with the government.

— John McAfee

If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you.

— Jonathan Zittrain

You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where other people can put their hands on it, you're vulnerable.

— Barton Gellman

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

— Dorothy Denning

Somebody will be able to overcome any encryption technique you use!

— Noam Chomsky

Privacy and encryption work, but it's too easy to make a mistake that exposes you.

— Barton Gellman

I used the best technique that I knew to protect my files.

— Wen Ho Lee

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