hackers
Below the surface of the Internet lies a new community that is testing its moral and ethical boundaries. The advent of the computer has brought about many new subcultures. Its technology has helped form the ethics and morals of this new underground. They have thus far developed, with a liberal 60’s attitude of free speech and little government control. This report will hopefully give some insight on the views within the subculture, as opposed to what is generally depicted in the media. The opposing views generally come from the computer security industry and the public. Although some of the practices are clearly illegal, it will be the ones that fall into the gray areas that I will be discussing. The three subcultures in the computer underground that I studied are hacking, phreaking and warez. Each provides history and characters, that help form morals and ethics in this community. Hacking is the unlawful entry of a computer system with the purpose of
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, Board System, Kevin Mitnick, Pacific Bells, Captain Crunch, Masters Deception, phone hung, captain crunch, depicted media, hacking phreaking,
Approximate Word count = 646
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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