Heather Brooke Quotes
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A lot of people have a lot to gain from peddling scare stories about cyber warfare.
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It is scrutiny by the general public that keeps the powerful honest.
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Hackers often describe what they do as playfully creative problem solving.
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If Anonymous and Lulzsec are the id of hacking, then physical hackerspaces are the heart of the higher-minded hacking ideals: freedom of information, meritocracy of ideas, a joy of learning and anti-authoritarianism.
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In America, you have the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. You've got drones now being considered for domestic surveillance. You have the National Security Agency building the world's giantest spy center.
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There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.
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Slightly embarrassing admission: Even when I was a kid, I used to have these little spy books, and I would, like, see what everybody was doing in my neighborhood and log it down.
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There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics.
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In the soil of ignorance, fear can easily be sown.
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I've always worked on the fringe of the British press establishment, carving out this niche for myself.
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Diplomacy has always involved dinners with ruling elites, backroom deals and clandestine meetings. Now, in the digital age, the reports of all those parties and patrician chats can be collected in one enormous database. And once collected in digital form, it becomes very easy for them to be shared.
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When I came to Britain I was in awe of the British press, afraid of them. But they're not as ferocious as people think. In some instances they are, but when it comes to taking on power they're really deferential.
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You don't make a system more effective by increasing the number of regulators.
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We are not naughty children, and the state is not our parent.
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Whether I'll get the chance to write fiction, I don't know. I could do political conspiracy thrillers, couldn't I? With an investigative journalist as the heroine.
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In whose interest is it to hype up the collapse of the Internet from a DDoS attack? Why, the people who provide cyber security services, of course.
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The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future.
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There is risk everywhere. Being alive carries the risk of death.
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When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course. And I just found myself back in journalism again.
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As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant.
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You can't hope for a better result as a campaigner than to have the prime minister announce a major policy change within 48 hours of your documentary.
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Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.
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When journalism is treated as just another widget in a commercial enterprise, the focus isn't on truth, verification or public good, but productivity and output.
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It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.