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Kevin Mitnick

"Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms."

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"Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms."

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Akshay Vasu

"Your shield must surpass your weaponry."

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Akshay Vasu

"Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact."

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Akshay Vasu

"We don't like security rules and laws, but without them men will be animals, perhaps the most dangerous animals."

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Akshay Vasu

"Why is it that none of the things I construct ever make me feel safe? The answer lies in the fact that safety can't be created. It can only be found. And the only thing I've found that's never been created is God."

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Akshay Vasu

"But as you said, there are going to be those that have no record and cannot be detected in that capacity so that is why you have to have other layers of security."

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Akshay Vasu

"Most people want security in this world, not liberty."

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Akshay Vasu

"The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part."

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Akshay Vasu

"Stop seeking security. There is none."

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Akshay Vasu

"Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, every day, sleeping its life away."

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Akshay Vasu

"Weaponry is a fear-raising idea."

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Kevin Mitnick
"I'm an expert witness in a case that's in appeal about a guy who allegedly misappropriated source code from a major, major company - he actually worked there and then apparently they found it on his laptop later."

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Kevin Mitnick
"I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade."

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Kevin Mitnick
"Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive."

Space

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Kevin Mitnick
"Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984."

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Kevin Mitnick
"I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control."

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Kevin Mitnick
"So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock."

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Kevin Mitnick
"We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management."

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Kevin Mitnick
"Of course I'm sure half the people there hate me and half the people like me."

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Kevin Mitnick
"Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you."

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Kevin Mitnick
"My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims."

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