Hackers

Crime and the Digital Sublime

By: Paul Taylor

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Hardcover | 26 August 1999 | Edition Number 1

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218 Pages

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23.4 x 15.6 x 1.42

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Freedom fighers or anarchists? In "Hackers," Paul A. Taylor looks at these characters and the perennial battle between computer hackers and the security industry. He talks to computer scientists, security experts, and the hackers themselves about the practicalities, objectives, and the wider implications of what they do. In astonishingly frank interviews, Taylor provides a revealing and richly sourced account of the debates that surround this controversial practice. He reveals that extreme conciliation and antagonism from the computer industry toward hackers creates potentially dangerous outcomes and argues that a new middle way must be found if we are to make the most of society's high-tech meddlers.

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""Hackers is an interesting and accessible account of this relatively new (in terms of its application to the web) phenomenon." -"TechDirections ..."his European and sociological insight regarding illegal hackers and hacking culture are fascinating." -"Networker ..."I would...highly recommend this book to anyone in the security field. ...Taylor's book is the most extensive and detailed examination of the cracker phenomenon I have ever read." -"Information Security "A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the hacking phenomenon that has swept the world.." -Dorothy Denning, "Georgetown University

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