Torvalds, Linus (2018-03-13), Linus Torvalds - Google+, retrieved: 2019-10-16

It looks like the IT security world has hit a new low. If you work in security, and think you have some morals, I think you might want to add the tag-line "No, really, I'm not a whore. Pinky promise" to your business card. Because I thought the whole industry was corrupt before, but it's getting ridiculous. At what point will security people admit they have an attention-whoring problem?

— Linus Torvalds

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It looks like the IT security world has hit a new low. If you work in security, and think you have some morals, I think you might want to add the tag-line "No, really, I'm not a whore. Pinky promise" to your business card. Because I thought the whole industry was corrupt before, but it's getting ridiculous. At what point will security people admit they have an attention-whoring problem?" in the context of "Torvalds, Linus (2018-03-13), Linus Torvalds - Google+, retrieved: 2019-10-16" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.