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

• Autore: Taylor Paul A. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.16/8
• Soggetto topico: Computer crimes - Netherlands; Computer hackers - Netherlands - Attitudes; Freedom of information - Netherlands
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Hackers
• ISBN: 1-134-67826-6; 1-84442-809-5; 0-203-28730-4; 0-415-18072-4; 1-280-10482-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996199867703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno