Able Quote by Eric S. Raymond

I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies.

— Kevin Mitnick

If you wanna know how not secure you are, just take a look around. Nothing's secure. Nothing's safe. I don't hate technology, I don't…

— Fred Durst

Without those hackers, we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security

— Fred Durst

A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things.

— Tim Berners-Lee

It is almost a guarantee that in the pursuit of security you will become more insecure. Inherent in the quest for security is its…

— Eve Ensler

A hacker is someone who enjoys playful cleverness—not necessarily with computers. The programmers in the old MIT free software community of the 60s and…

— Richard Stallman

There are more hackers breeding every day, and more brilliant minds are turning into hackers. Security has advanced, but so have hackers.

— Michael Demon Calce

The Hacker Ethic: Access to computers--and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works--should be unlimited and total. Always yield…

— Steven Levy

“Similarly, to be a hacker you have to get a basic thrill from solving problems, sharpening your skills, and exercising your intelligence. If you…

— Eric S. Raymond

I'm a hacker, but I'm the good kind of hackers. And I've never been a criminal.

— Mikko Hypponen

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big…

— Kevin Mitnick

“central tenets of the Hacker Ethic: the free flow of information, particularly information that helped fellow hackers understand, explore, and build systems.”

— Steven Levy