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Only amateurs attack machines professionals target people.

Bruce Schneier

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Bruce Schneier
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 15
Computer Scientist
Cryptographer
Mathematician
Physicist
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New York City
New York
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Machines
People
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