Waubonsee Community College

Hacker culture, Douglas Thomas

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Hacker culture

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Douglas Thomas

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

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