"Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive"
- Kevin Mitnick
About this Quote
This quote by Kevin Mitnick talks to the resourcefulness of hackers. He was able to hack any kind of operating system he wanted, regardless of the limited storage space on his 200 megabyte hard drive. To do this, he compromised the source code of the operating system and copied it over to the university. This shows that hackers have the ability to find imaginative options to their problems, even when they are limited by their resources. It likewise speaks with the power of the web, as it allowed Mitnick to access the source code of the os and copy it over to the university. This quote is a testimony to the ingenuity of hackers and their capability to find creative options to their problems.
This quote is written / told by Kevin Mitnick somewhere between August 6, 1963 and today. He was a famous Celebrity from USA.
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