Author: Whitfield Diffie

Quotes

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

- Whitfield Diffie

I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable.

I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable.

- Whitfield Diffie

Two people can work on a problem better than one.

Two people can work on a problem better than one.

- Whitfield Diffie

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much.

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much.

- Whitfield Diffie

I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.

I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.

- Whitfield Diffie

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.

- Whitfield Diffie

No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented.

No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented.

- Whitfield Diffie

The most important impact of technology on communications security is that it draws better and better traffic into vulnerable channels.

The most important impact of technology on communications security is that it draws better and better traffic into vulnerable channels.

- Whitfield Diffie

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