25 Quotes by Dan Farmer

Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.

I can write a program that lets you break the copy protection on a music file. But I can't write a program that solders new connections onto a chip for you.

The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret - that's really distasteful to me.

What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.

If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders.

Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.

People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.

Still, if they offer me a good job under my conditions - which is that I can do anything I want- then, sure. The NSA is not going to change me.

These things exist, they're part of the world.