My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.

Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.

I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.

Some people think technology has the answers.

The human. Now you know all about your target

I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.

The methods that will most effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies and procedures simply won't suffice. Even with oversight the policies and procedures may not be effective: my access to Motorola, Nokia, ATT, Sun depended upon the willingness of people to bypass policies and procedures that were in place for years before I compromised them successfully.