Dan Farmer Quotes

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

Death, Fear, Talk

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

Person, Honesty, After

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

Good, Truth, Knowledge

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

Learning, Seem, Tea

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

Point, Interested, View

I'm bisexual.
Dan Farmer

If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
Dan Farmer

Deal, Fine, Dealing

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.
Dan Farmer

Business, Model, Copyright

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

Whole, Idea, Secret

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

Wrong, Few, Anyone

When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.
Dan Farmer

Attractive, Supposed, Becomes

You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there.
Dan Farmer

Knows, Network, Enormous

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

Music, Problem, Away

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

Music, Write, Break

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

Government, Saying, Serious

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 5, 1962

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