Dinesh Paliwal

What we're looking at is a future where cars will be comfortable and safe and offer the luxuries of both home and office. That means lots of sensors and software, as well as the critical safety systems to protect the car's information from hackers.

Indian Businessman

Glenn Kelman

Whereas any political party, and nearly all voters, prize consistency as a sign of authentic, values-driven thinking, it is deeply alien to the hacker, who holds that changing your mind is simply intelligence in action.

American Businessman

Jared Polis

Too many public and private entities simply don't take advantage of tools already at their disposal to protect themselves from hackers. No amount of information sharing will help solve that problem.

American Politician

Nina Easton

The guardians of your company's cyber security should be encouraged to network within the industry to swap information on the latest hacker tricks and most effective defenses.

American Journalist

Dorothy Denning

While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.

American Public Servant

Evgeny Morozov

As economic life relies more and more on the Internet, the potential for small bands of hackers to launch devastating attacks on the world economy is growing.

Belarusian Writer

Kevin Mitnick

I went from being a kid who loved to perform magic tricks to becoming the world's most notorious hacker, feared by corporations and the government.

DeRay Mckesson

Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card information.

American Activist

Eric S. Raymond

The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.

American Author

John McAfee

Hackers rarely have full knowledge of the technology stack of a target.

Often implies illegal activity and is viewed negatively by society.

Negative Connotation

Used in the news to describe individuals compromising personal or corporate data.

Security Threat

Indicates deep understanding and skill in computing, not just casual use.

Expertise Implied

Can imply legal ethical hacking, such as for improving security systems.

Potentially Ethical

Emphasizes passion for technology without illegal activities.

Enthusiast, Not Criminal

Focus on learning and discovery, rather than exploitation.

Curiosity Driven

'Hacker' once commonly referred to those who chop or shape wood.

Historical Usage

Understand that this usage is rare and mainly historical or literal.

Non-Computing Context

 a quantum computer could easily factorize numbers way, way bigger than that one. Quantum computers will break all of the encryption currently used to protect you and I from hackers. And they'll do it easily. Let me put it this if quantum computing was a spear,

In the war for...

 directly in proportion to the length of my stress line, you'll note here. So I want to talk to you briefly about a group of hackers we tracked for a year and actually found -- and this is a rare treat in our job. Now this was a cross-industry collaboration,

James Lyne: Everyday...

 so can her doctor. And so with that in mind, we had an epiphany. We cannot outsmart all the hackers in the world, but perhaps we can present them a smaller target. What if we could actually, rather than have those algorithms that do data interpretation

A temporary tattoo that...

 And they are doing some fantastic research into the characteristics, into the abilities and the socialization of hackers. But because they're a U.N. operation, maybe that's why governments and corporations are not that interested in them.

Misha Glenny: Hire the...

 gives us a way to protect ourselves now we make the menu longer instead of making one dish that people are willing to cry drive across town to buy and so we end up with the hacker paradox right number one we need to care enough to

Learning is bravery PIPE...

 which protect data on its devices from everyone but the owner. That means that criminals, hackers and yes, even governments are all locked out. For Apple's customers, this is a great thing. But governments are not so happy.

Your smartphone is a...

 a successful cyber-attack can achieve, it's enough to make you deeply concerned. This is going to be the new battlefield-- an unseen invisible battlefield-- where teams of hackers from various nations will duel.

The Future of...

 by the power hackers now have. They scare us. But the choices they make have dramatic outcomes that influence us all. So I am here today because I think we need hackers, and in fact, they just might be

Hackers: the internet's...

 because more connections to more devices means more vulnerabilities. Criminals understand this. Terrorists understand this. Hackers understand this. If you control the code, you control the world.

Marc Goodman: A vision...

 ladies and gentlemen a sophisticated group of politically motivated hackers

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