play around on your computer. You turn it on and then start up, you

start calling people with your modem, connecting to another world,

with people just like you at a button press away. This is all fine

but what happens when you start getting into other peoples computer

files. Then it becomes a crime, but what is a computer crime really,

obviously it involves the use of a computer but what are these crimes.

Well they are: Hacking, Phreaking, & Software Piracy.

To begin I will start with Hacking, what is hacking. Hacking is

basically using your computer to "Hack" your way into another. They

use programs called scanners which randomly dials numbers any

generating tones or carriers are recorded. These numbers are looked

at by hackers and then used again, when the hacker calls up the number

and gets on he's presented with a logon prompt, this is where the

hacking really begins, the hacker tries to bypass this anyway he knows

how to and tries to gain access to the system. Why do they do it,

well lets go to a book and see "Avid young computer hackers in their

preteens and teens are frequently involved in computer cri

texts. As well as a trading area for phone codes, other BBS', Credit

for some is very attractive. It can cost a company thousands of

programmers. All have different boards and offer a variety of

of professional hacking is like drugs or any other addictive

that so lets see what a "hacker" has to say about what he does "Just

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