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American computer scientist

Key facts

Born
( 1963-01-15 ) January 15, 1963 (age 63) , New York City , U.S.
Alma mater
American University University of Rochester
Known for
Cryptography , security
Fields
Computer science
Institutions
Harvard University Counterpane Internet Security Bell Labs United States Department of Defense BT Group
Website
www .schneier .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bruce
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
physicist
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
cryptography
Official website
www.schneier.com
Image
Bruce Schneier 1.jpg
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date of birth
1963-01-15
Commons category
Bruce Schneier
Erdős number
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public key fingerprint
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Commons gallery
Bruce Schneier
ACM Classification Code (2012)
10011376
social media followers
144980
official blog URL
www.schneier.com
email address
mailto:[email protected]
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name in native language
Bruce Schneier
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Encyclopedic overview

Bruce Schneier (/ˈʃnaɪ.ər/; born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist, and writer. Schneier is an adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society as of November, 2013. He is a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access Now, and The Tor Project; and an advisory board member of Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org. He is the author of several books on general security topics, computer security and cryptography and is a squid enthusiast.

Early life and education

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