The press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. … There is obviously a cultural gap. The act of breaking into a computer system has to have the same social stigma as breaking into a neighbor’s house. It should not matter that the neighbor’s door is unlocked.

– Ken Thompson, 1983 Turing Award Lecture

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