"This arrogance undermines a basic security principle, never trust the client. [...] Notice it's only PSN that gave away all your personal data, not Xbox Live when the 360 was hacked, not iTunes when the iPhone was jailbroken, and not GMail when Android was rooted. Because other companies aren't crazy."
"[...] To me, a hacker is just somebody with a set of skills; hacker is to computer as plumber is to pipes. And the same ethics should apply, if you want to mess with the pipes in your own house, go for it. But don't go breaking into people's houses and messing with their pipes."
The pipe analogy is interesting, because I've heard a related analogy in the other direction. I can't recall where I read it, but I think it was some textfile from the 80s, justifying breaking into large corporate computer systems to explore them as similar to breaking into and exploring steam tunnels, and guided by a similar ethos (e.g. don't vandalize them while exploring).
"This arrogance undermines a basic security principle, never trust the client. [...] Notice it's only PSN that gave away all your personal data, not Xbox Live when the 360 was hacked, not iTunes when the iPhone was jailbroken, and not GMail when Android was rooted. Because other companies aren't crazy."
"[...] To me, a hacker is just somebody with a set of skills; hacker is to computer as plumber is to pipes. And the same ethics should apply, if you want to mess with the pipes in your own house, go for it. But don't go breaking into people's houses and messing with their pipes."