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Record Nr.

UNISA996199867703316

Autore

Taylor Paul A. <1967->

Titolo

Hackers [[electronic resource] ] : crime in the digital sublime / / Paul A. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-67826-6

1-84442-809-5

0-203-28730-4

0-415-18072-4

1-280-10482-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

364.16/8

Soggetti

Computer crimes - Netherlands

Computer hackers - Netherlands - Attitudes

Freedom of information - Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Hackers: Crime in the digital sublime; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 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; Appendix: Additional examples of media hype; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 middl