Hackers : crime and the digital sublime

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Title:

Hackers : crime and the digital sublime

Author:

Taylor, Paul A., 1967-

ISBN:

9780415180726

9780415180719

Personal Author:

Taylor, Paul A., 1967-

Publication Information:

London : Routledge, 1999.

Physical Description:

xvi, 198 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

1. Them and us: the hack -- 2. Hacking culture -- 3. The motivations of hackers -- 4. State of the industry -- 5. Them and us: the hawks and the doves -- 6. The professionalisation process -- 7. The construction of computer ethics -- 8. Conclusion -- App. additional examples of media hype.

Subject Term:

Computer crimes.

Hackers -- Attitudes.

Freedom of information.

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Summary

The practice of computer hacking is increasingly being viewed as a major security dilemma in Western societies, by governments and security experts alike.
Using a wealth of material taken from interviews with a wide range of interested parties such as computer scientists, security experts and hackers themselves, Paul Taylor provides a uniquely revealing and richly sourced account of the debates that surround this controversial practice. By doing so, he reveals the dangers inherent in the extremes of conciliation and antagonism with which society reacts to hacking and argues that a new middle way must be found if we are to make the most of society's high-tech meddlers.