Dan Farmer quotes

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright. (Dan Farmer)
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. View quote
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view. View quote
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What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R. View quote
Dan Farmer
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out. View quote
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I'm bisexual. View quote
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The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret - that's really distasteful to me. View quote
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If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them. View quote
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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. (Dan Farmer)
When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me. View quote
Dan Farmer

Dan Farmer

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Photo: Ian Manka, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Scientist
Born: April 5, 1962
Quotes count: 12

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