Dan Farmer (born April 5, 1962) is an American computer security researcher and programmer who was a pioneer in the development of vulnerability scanners for Unix operating systems and computer networks.[1] (wikipedia)
I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
Still, if they offer me a good job under my conditions - which is that I can do anything I want- then, sure. The NSA is not going to change me.
These things exist, they're part of the world.
If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there.
If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders.
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.
Silicon Valley is constantly saying that the government is irrelevant and powerless. But that's because most people there have never seen it get serious.