Re: the myth of the computer hacker (2002)

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On 2025-04-04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:24:27 -0300, Ethan Carter quoted:
>

The seriousness of computer hacking is not exaggerated, it is far worse
than that.  The computer hacker has attained the status of myth; society
associates all computer crime with a mythical perpetrator that bears no
resemblance to reality.

>
Lack of distinction between “hackers” and “crackers” already makes it not
worth reading.

There is no need to cherry pick mass media or personal articles, a
hacker is well deserved represented correctly by Steven Levy on his
books "Hackers, heroes of the computer revolution" what people in diff
sectors (hollywood, security complext, fear mongers, lazy sysadmins
blaming "hackers" for all their errors, etc etc ) have try to make it be,
that is another problem...
the book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution

and actual organization working for preserve the real values:
https://www.hackingisnotacrime.org/

read the Synopsis you find an updated 2025 explanation of hackers that
we can all agree with.


Happy hacking
ReK2

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