[Tomte]

Schneier is undoubtably a world-class expert in cryptanalysis and cryptography, but he has decided to leave that field and become a tech journalist and pundit.

That's a pity, but I guess it makes sense for him if he wants to exert influence.

Unfortunately too many laypeople take everything he's writing as gospel. Remember when he clearly misunderstood the "xkcd scheme", was called out by pretty much everyone and couldn't even admit that and post a correction? You can be sure that lots and lots of people will dismiss everything looking like it (Diceware!), simply because Schneier erroneously piled heaps of ridicule on it.