Adi Shamir Quotes

Israel, Scientist
July 6, 1952

Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.

I think that I am among the few lucky ones who are exploiting complexity. Most people are unhappy with the emergence of complexity, they would prefer it if the world were very simple, but then it would be a doom for a cryptographer like myself.

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- World
- Simple
- Complexity
Cryptography is typically bypassed, not penetrated.

Adi Shamir

Fully secure systems don't exist today and they won't exist in the future.

Adi Shamir
- Exist
- Secure
- Systems
Crypto will not be broken, it will be bypassed.

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- Broken
- Bypassed
- Crypto
The crypto currency community hasn't decided whether they want to be anarchist rebels or to replace the establishment.

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- Want
- Community
- Replace
Security wins many battles but loses the security war. We are definitely going backwards in computer security.

Adi Shamir