#303 — Jul 25, 2026 by Evan Chen

In digital security, offense seems fundamentally easier than defense:

It's not fair. As the designer of a secure system, you have to think of every possible means of attack and protect against them all, but a cryptanalyst only has to find one hole in your security and exploit it. (Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography)

I'm always amazed things are still standing.