John Mellencamp Quotes

There are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure no matter the cost.

If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.

You can't trust the internet.

The reason I said the Internet is dangerous is that a couple smart guys could hack into a computer and shut down the Eastern seaboard if they wanted to. It's a terrible, out-of-control thing.

There are converging web-related issues cropping up, like privacy and security, that we currently have no way of thinking about. Nobody has thought to look at how people and the web combine as a whole - until now.

We're all vulnerable, and it's all hackable. If someone wants you and has targeted you, you can be taken down, and that fact is really scary.

I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.

Don't try to get involved with people on the Internet because it can be very dangerous. The whole point of 'Trust' is to inform people about this issue.

Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.

I think if we're going to live in this - in this world - in this technological world where information can be disseminated so quickly, we have to be serious and take firm, strong action against those who are putting American lives at risk. Because this will put people's lives at risk.

Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.

From a security perspective, if you're connected, you're screwed.

I don't like showing my privacy online.

I've spent my life defending the Net, and I do feel that if we don't fight online crime, we are running a risk of losing it all.

I think a lot of stuff like people's emails getting hacked or that an email you sent is stored on a hard drive somewhere, that kind of stuff worries me a little bit. It's a weird thought that someone else could get into my information that easily. That stuff's pretty scary.

The Internet's distinct configuration may have made cyberattacks easy to launch, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom.

If you don't treat [computer and Internet] security like a religious fanatic, you are going to be hurt like you can't imagine.

Cyberspace

In this era of massive online connectivity, the majority of privacy breaches and data leaks remain unknown, unchallenged, and unregulated. Regulatory compliance alone cannot ensure privacy.

I think that Internet as such, as a phenomenon is worth prohibiting because it gives nobody anything good.

This is America. And we've basically invented the computer, and we should invent ways to protect all those that use it.

Folks are wandering around that proverbial parking lot of the Internet all day long, without giving it a thought to whose attachments they're opening, what sites they're visiting. And that makes it easy for the bad guys.

Hillary Clinton and her media machine try to dismiss, but anybody who understands anything about how email works - and this is millennials in particular, who grew up on the Internet - know that you're an idiot to keep sensitive information on a server in your house.

I think anybody who uses email in the center of our life needs encryption.

I don't think the Internet is necessarily a dangerous place. It's only dangerous if you don't make people earn your trust. You can't take people at their word. You got to do a little digging and make sure to verify that you are talking to a real person or the person that you think you're talking to.