Mikko Hypponen quotes

Governmental surveillance is not about the government collecting the information you're sharing publicly and willingly; it's about collecting the information you don't think you're sharing at all, such as the online searches you do on search engines... or private emails or text messages... or the location of your mobile phone at any time. (Mikko Hypponen)
It's high time for a fresh European alternative to enter the market, taking the existing Internet behemoths head on. What the world needs now is a cloud storage service that is not subject to uncontrolled access by intelligence agencies. View quote
Mikko Hypponen
I'm a hacker, but I'm the good kind of hackers. And I've never been a criminal. View quote
Mikko Hypponen
It's going to be interesting to watch presidential elections in around 2040, when voters can dig up candidates' teenage angst pics and posts from old social media and discussion forum archives. View quote
Mikko Hypponen
It's not publicly known, but antivirus companies co-operate all the time. On the surface, antivirus vendors are direct competitors. And in fact, the competition is fierce on the sales and marketing side. But on the technical side, we're actually very friendly to each other. It seems that everyone knows everyone else. View quote
Mikko Hypponen
It's more than unsettling to realize there are large companies out there developing backdoors, exploits and trojans. View quote
Mikko Hypponen