I just dug around a bit to find the likely source of the "crypto magic pixie dust" quote, and I think it's Gary McGraw. He uses that phrase a lot, and a search

I just dug around a bit to find the likely source of the "crypto magic pixie dust" quote, and I think it's Gary McGraw. He uses that phrase a lot, and a search of "crypto fairy dust" in Google Books brings up books by him dating as far back as 1999.