“Tell me, what’s the first thing a hacker does once he breaks into a system?” “I don’t know,” Quentin said… — Lev Grossman
“Tell me, what’s the first thing a hacker does once he breaks into a system?”
“I don’t know,” Quentin said. “He steals a bunch of credit card numbers and subscribes to a lot of really premium porn sites?”
“He sets up a back door.” It was good to know that even having attained enlightenment Penny was still impervious to humor. “So that if he’s ever locked out, he can get back in.”
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