Not everyone will miss Ross Anderson. Ross was not afraid to speak truths that made people uncomfortable. His ideas and arguments threatened the beliefs, status, power, ego, and bank balances of others — often those with power. His writings and talks undermined proponents of hardware attestation, chip-and-pin authentication, and surveillance, to name just a few. Many of those threatened by what Ross had to say professed to be faithfully working to serve the public.| stuartschechter.org
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. Louis D. Brandeis, United States Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1916 to 1939, in “Other People’s Money and How the Bankers Use It” (1914), Chapter 5 Two years ago I started a personal experiment in transparency; I began attaching my name to every peer review I wrote for scientific journals and conferences.| stuartschechter.org