Dan Farmer Born : April 5, 1962 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Dan Farmer If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders. Dan Farmer intruders hooked computer Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright. Dan Farmer napster copyright violation What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R. Dan Farmer views The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret - that's really distasteful to me. Dan Farmer normal secret ideas 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. Dan Farmer protection connections writing 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. Dan Farmer availability complaining people Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users. Dan Farmer honesty song mean People dont want to talk about death, just like they dont want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear. Dan Farmer should-have want people I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view. Dan Farmer mass-destruction academic views When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me. Dan Farmer attractive If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them. Dan Farmer you fine want people I'm bisexual. Dan Farmer bisexual You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there. Dan Farmer network out you knows Silicon Valley is constantly saying that the government is irrelevant and powerless. But that's because most people there have never seen it get serious. Dan Farmer saying government serious people Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out. Dan Farmer good win truth knowledge I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea. Dan Farmer like learning tea people
