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Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.
Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers – organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative – if we don’t solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.
The computer is a moron.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.