[HN Gopher] Ross Anderson
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       Ross Anderson
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 222 points
       Date   : 2024-04-01 00:22 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | jackgavigan wrote:
       | :-(
        
       | thesz wrote:
       | His page [1] is pure awesomeness!
       | 
       | He posed such an uncomfortable questions in his (and his
       | students) reseach.
        
         | pjmorris wrote:
         | [1] https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/
        
           | thesz wrote:
           | Thanks!
           | 
           | You saved me. ;)
        
       | tfgg wrote:
       | Really sad - he was often the sensible voice in the UK media
       | (e.g. BBC articles) when it came to security issues.
        
       | yetanother-1 wrote:
       | This is so sad news. I just finished his book about the
       | dependable systems in security engineering.
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | Related:
       | 
       |  _Ross Anderson has died_
       | -https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39864210 - March 2024 (34
       | comments)
        
       | blibble wrote:
       | very sad, huge loss to the world and his family
       | 
       | his lectures and seminars were fantastic
       | 
       | I remember opening the final exam paper, finding his question and
       | my jaw dropping at what had been asked (though he did warn us at
       | the start of the course that he wrote his questions such that he
       | didn't have to mark many answers!)
       | 
       | he also had a unique knack of really getting to those in power
       | and putting them in their place (be that the banks, government,
       | tech companies, university vice-chancellors, you name it)
        
       | croemer wrote:
       | I met Ross when I was a student member of the university council
       | where he took a very active role in holding the university
       | leadership accountable.
       | 
       | Interestingly, he only started his PhD aged 35/36 after some time
       | in industry.
        
         | francisdavey wrote:
         | It's when we met. I was doing my PhD at the time. At the
         | computer lab we had tea breaks when people in different
         | research groups would meet and chat. He was a very interesting
         | person to talk to as you can imagine even by the standards of
         | that tea room.
        
       | _tk_ wrote:
       | Ross Anderson's lecture Security Engineering can be found
       | here[1]. I can highly recommend it.
       | 
       | [1]:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qNlv435L5g&list=PL88-McA5nK...
        
       | ljoshua wrote:
       | A very great tribute. I particularly liked this line:
       | 
       | > "He was the first person to understand that security problems
       | are often actually economic problems."
       | 
       | I had a wise, old professor in college who taught us, almost as a
       | side comment, that every technology and business problem was
       | actually a people problem under the covers. If you could deal
       | with the underlying human problem, you'd often take care of most,
       | if not all, of the superficial tech/business problem. I think
       | this and Ross's viewpoints are a very important principle.
        
       | doing_analytics wrote:
       | Professor Ross Was one of my teachers at the Computer Lab. I had
       | frequent emails with him even years after I left the lab. His
       | strong desire for security really put it even more into me.
       | 
       | Once in class we were discussing vulnerabilities in vehicles,
       | this was about 4 years ago. He asked "whats the worst attack one
       | could do", he got super annoyed that we didnt have a good answer,
       | banged his hand on the table, full-red faced shouted "No, the
       | worst attack is to remote compromise the cars, lock all the
       | doors, increase the heat, put them drive and kill everyone".
       | Well, he was right, that was the worst attack. You could see from
       | his face he was dissappointed his students did not realise, maybe
       | he felt bad of his teaching, but his teaching was phenomenal.
       | 
       | It is really a sad day, the world has lost one of the worlds best
       | security professors ever. He will be dearly missed.
       | 
       | He taught me the tricks he used to get people in power to listen,
       | advice id never forget.
        
         | dronemallone wrote:
         | Could you elaborate on the "tricks" you refer to? I feel it'll
         | be very useful.
        
       | djjckdnejd wrote:
       | Ross Anderson was so awesome. I loved his Security Engineering
       | book, it was the only course that I read the recommended chapters
       | for.
        
       | zk108 wrote:
       | https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/ross-anderson...
        
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