People don’t want to talk about death, just like they don’t want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.

The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret – that’s really distasteful to me.

I was interested in implements of mass destruction – from an academic point of view.

You have this enormous network and no one knows what’s out there.

If you don’t want to deal with them, fine. But don’t hamper other people from dealing with them.

People don’t want to talk about death, just like they don’t want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.