It was on a bulletin board that I first learned about hacker culture, the 'Let's just break through this wall and see… — Harper Reed Copy Share Image
I would still describe myself as a hacker. I still remember feeling the magic, the sense of discovery, when I first connected… — Harper Reed Copy Share Image
One of my favourite books about hackers is 'Masters of Deception' about this hacking group in the 1990s. Many of them didn't… — Harper Reed Copy Share Image
First of all, a giant corporation probably shouldn't be being hacked by teenagers. I put that on the corporation, not the teenagers.… — Harper Reed Copy Share Image
Before I was hired by Obama's team as the CTO for his 2012 re-election campaign, I had certainly never been involved with… — Harper Reed Copy Share Image
Very smart people are often tricked by hackers, by phishing. I don't exclude myself from that. It's about being smarter than a… — Harper Reed Copy Share Image
Donald Trump won the election. I think that's true. I also think there was interference. If this was another country, I think we'd be… — Harper Reed Copy Share
I programmed computers every day. And one of my favourite apps we built was this thing called Awesome Updater, that all it did is… — Harper Reed Copy Share
Startupfest is a very positive conference. I think a lot of it has to do with how different culturally it is from other startup… — Harper Reed Copy Share
My entire career has been based around commerce. The Obama campaign was famous for raising boatloads of money online. My question is how do… — Harper Reed Copy Share
When I give talks, I often quote from a button I received at a Google event: Always Be Creative. I use it to illustrate… — Harper Reed Copy Share
We were orbiting around the idea of intent and context. We would take the bus into work, and if you said, 'Here's a shirt… — Harper Reed Copy Share
People are building apps that are doing super-crazy things, and there's a lot of talk about modeling and microtargeting. Facebook can predict when people… — Harper Reed Copy Share
What I do think is important is this idea of a 'privacy native' where you grow up in a world where the values of… — Harper Reed Copy Share
I grew up in Greeley, Colorado, in a house without a television set. I was a very nerdy kid: I used to play 'astronaut'… — Harper Reed Copy Share
Security is very difficult. You have to be very careful about security, and I think oftentimes people just forget; they don't invest in the… — Harper Reed Copy Share
The first thing is - and this is very important - I support the unmonitored use of the Internet for everyone. It doesn't matter… — Harper Reed Copy Share
Advice is always awesome because it never makes any sense when you compare it all together. It always contradicts other advice. I love advice. — Harper Reed Copy Share
There are a lot of people who are unable to take a break to clear their minds. I imagine they are the ones who… — Harper Reed Copy Share
I try and wake up relatively early. I listen to some music and check Twitter. I also make sure I weigh myself and check… — Harper Reed Copy Share
