Dan Farmer

I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea. ”

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

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

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”