Most hackers break into computers not to wreak havoc, but simply to explore and share information with one another. A small minority, however, do wish to create mischief. These individuals are the ones who have the public fearing hackers. They are genuinely responsible for the Media calling hackers criminals. These individuals and gangs purposely break into computers for personal financial gain, or to turn your six thousand dollar state of the art computer into a six thousand dollar paperweight. A hacker via RoadRunner can easily glide into an unprotected PC.2 There; they can potentially get credit card numbers and other valuable goodies.

"Instead of thinking 'criminal' or 'vandal' when hearing the word hacker, we want the public to think of 'knowledge seekers' and 'curious wanderers'." 3

"Destruction and unethical ignorance has plagued the underground too long, let's bring back the old school ways of creatio

1) Collins English Mini Dictionary. 1993.

One viable future method of prevention, which is constantly being improved upon is the "dongle." It was devised and developed by Bell Labs. The "dongle" is a "calculator-sized machine", which gives a new password to the user every time he or she logs onto the Internet. 4 Personal Encryption devices turn normal text into a series of illegible words and codes. These devices would protect your personal computer from any outside intruder who wouldn't want to spend their time breaking down your information. Though, eventually hackers would want to be able to break those codes. It still is an important stride in the right direction. An annoying, and time-consuming idea is encrypting all transmissions from computer to computer. One thing is for sure, all these devices will not keep a determined hacker out of a system, and these defenses won't be cheap to buy. It will be a constant battle in the future. Unless people take responsibility into there own hands to protect themselves from prying eyes

Some common words found in the essay are:
Hacking Slang, Personal Encryption, Response Team, Password Sniffer, Bell Labs, Pomerantz IST, Black Ice, Mini Dictionary, computer inside, six thousand, six thousand dollar, art computer, thousand dollar, break computers, computer languages,
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