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41 " Are you saying tech companies actively want an insecure Internet?” I said. “They want it to be secure from hackers,” replied Damon, “but they don’t want consumers to be secure from them. They hardwire back doors to update and modify software remotely—it’s a fundamental security risk they purposely create. "
― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)
42 " Not the same. We’re the most wired country on Earth. Everything here is accessible via the Internet, much more so than for anyone else, and way more than the countries we’re picking fights with. We’re totally vulnerable to cyberattack on a massive scale, but they’re much less exposed. "
43 " They give us all that software for free specifically so that we aren’t secure from them—so they can watch us, sell our information. "
44 " La violencia que habíamos presenciado no debería haberme sorprendido. Los humanos somos violentos por naturaleza. Somos los máximos depredadores del planeta. Cada uno de nosotros está vivo únicamente porque nuestros antepasados mataron y se comieron otros animales, imponiéndose a todo para sobrevivir. Todas y cada una de las criaturas de las que descendemos, desde los orígenes de la vida en la Tierra, han sobrevivido matando para no perecer. Somos el último eslabón de una larga cadena de asesinos. "
45 " their responsibility.” “Isn’t it the military’s job to protect us?” “In theory, yes, a nation’s military is supposed to protect its citizens and industry from other nations—establish a border and then protect it—but that doesn’t work anymore. Borders are difficult to define in cyberspace.” Rory took a deep breath. “Where the government and military used to be responsible for protecting a factory from attack by foreign national governments, now they’re asking private industry to take over that responsibility in cyberspace.” He shrugged. “But who’s going to pay for it? And can a private company really protect itself from a hostile nation? Can we as private citizens act as our own armed forces? And what happens when corporations are as powerful as nations? "
46 " We were a nation of freeloaders, ninety-eight percent of us non-food-producers relying on the two percent who produced anything edible. The time had come for the ninety-eight percent to pay their share, and it would be paid in blood. "
47 " La tecnología no podía retroceder, pero los humanos sí, y lo habían hecho con sorprendente facilidad y rapidez en cuanto las vestiduras del mundo moderno desaparecieron. El animal tribal siempre había estado ahí, oculto bajo nuestra vida superficial, los móviles, la televisión por cable y los cafés con leche. "
48 " If you wanted to see into the future, you just had to look to the past. Reaching "
49 " The Internet is in cyberspace, but we”—he paused for effect—“are in meatspace, get it?” Opening "
50 " —Esto —dijo I rena, señalando hacia el techo y sorbiendo aire por la nariz—, no es un ataque. Un ataque es cuando alguien te apunta a lacabeza con un arma de fuego. Estos criminales se arrastran en la oscuridad. "
51 " Chuck out his hand in the pocket of his parka, "
52 " If you decide to use fire in battle, make sure that anything you need yourself isn’t flammable. "
53 " this is what death is like. Alone, peaceful, floating, floating, no fear . . . Clipping the night-vision goggles back into place, I could see ghostly green flakes of snow falling gently around "
54 " Fear isn’t the answer. If we’re afraid of everything, then we’re afraid to do anything, and that means we’re giving up our freedom. "
55 " Damon stared at me while Chuck read the message, a tendon in his neck flexing. “And we need more guns,” said Chuck from between clenched teeth. "
56 " My whole world was lying on the bed in front of me. "
57 " He sent his mom down to Tampa for the holidays to see her sister, remember? "
58 " I could see ghostly green flakes of snow falling gently around me. "
59 " The falling snowflakes were hypnotic. "
60 " The official government radio station was still broadcasting that the New York Power Authority would have power back up to Con Edison and lower Manhattan "