Dan Farmer famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Computer #Security
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

#Ideas #Secret #Normal
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

#Writing #Connections #Protection
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 #People #Complaining
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

#Song #Honesty #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

#People #Want #Computer
Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.
-- Dan Farmer

#Napster #Copyright #Violation
I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
-- Dan Farmer

#Views #Academic #Destruction
When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.
-- Dan Farmer

#Attractive

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