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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1
EAN: 9780060926946
ISBN: 0060926945
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: January 10, 1996
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: December 01, 1995
Sales Rank: 385738
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Rating: - Still fun to read 10 years later...
At 225 pages you can breeze through it rather quickly, enjoying a fascinating look at young people with the commitment, energy and intelligence it took to hack and learn new systems. It was a time when the phone company was deregulated but Ma Bell's offspring still held quite a lot of power and were irresistible to phone phreaks and hackers. If you don't expect too much you'll enjoy a look into the hacker sub-culture. They were explorers and not criminals. I attended several conferences with these ... Read More
Rating: - Good book on hackers sub-culture
Actually this is a great book about the hacker sub-culture, indeed one of the bests I have ever read. This book describes very well the whole story and social aspects of New York City hackers but fails when dealing with technical aspects or lacks it. I can afirm it's a good book for people who are intersted to know how poor guys in Queens, NY, rised from nothing to create one of the most notorious hacker gang ever and to improve knowledge about the late 80's and early 90's american hacker scene.
Rating:  - Journalistic view of one event
This is not a book about hackers; it's a book about some specific hackers who happen to come after much of the action was concluded. Even more than that, it's a book biased toward New York which contains every implied slander of Texas that one can meld into a narrative about hackers. I like the description of MOD, and thought the authors did an excellent job of building up the character of these kids, but find that for the size of this book, it missed an absolute raft of important knowledge. Why do ... Read More
Rating:  - The Masters of Deception
Great book going behind the scenes of computer hackers in teh late 80's early 90's. It really takes you back to the time. Not overly complex. A fantastic read for anyone with an interest in computer crime or within the "IT" community. Easy enough to read for someone not technicle savy to understand the basics. For $10 USD you cant go wrong.
Rating: - ONE OFF THE BEST BOOKS I EVER READED
THIS BOOK IS SIMPLY IN MY LIST OF ''BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME''. I HAD STARTED READING IT AND JUST CAN'T STOPED !! IT'S FASCINATING TO LEARN ABOUT THE WAR BETWEEN ''THE MASTERS OF DECEPTION'' AND ''THE LEGION OF DOOM'' AND THE WIDE RANGE OF VULNERABILITY OF TELECOMUNICATIONS WORLDWIDE. I HARDLY RECOMEND THIS BOOK. A MUST HAVE !!!
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