| Description |
xxvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index. |
| Contents |
The evolution of the hacker -- Hacking culture -- Hacking as the performance of technology: reading the "Hacker manifesto" -- Hacking in the 1990s -- Hacking representation -- Representing hacker culture: reading Phrack -- (Not) Hackers: subculture, style, and media incorporation -- Hacking law -- Technology and punishment: the juridical construction of the hacker -- Epilogue: Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht. |
| Summary |
Demonized by governments and the media as criminals, glorified within their own subculture as outlaws, hackers have played a major role in the short history of computers and digital culture-and have continually defied our assumptions about technology and secrecy through both legal and illicit means. In Hacker Culture, Douglas Thomas provides an in-depth history of this important and fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers with a detailed firsthand account of the computer underground. Addressing such issues as the commodification of the hacker ethos by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, the high-profile arrests of prominent hackers, and conflicting self-images among hackers themselves, Thomas finds that popular hacker stereotypes reflect the public's anxieties about the information age far more than they do the reality of hacking. |
| Subject |
Computer programming -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Computer programming -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Computer programming. |
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Hackers.
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Hackers. |
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Programmation (Informatique) -- Aspect moral. |
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Pirates informatiques. |
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Hacking. |
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Databescherming. |
| ISBN |
0816633452 acid-free paper |
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9780816633456 acid-free paper |
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