| Hacker Culture Contributor(s): Thomas, Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816633460 ISBN-13: 9780816633463 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $25.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: A provocative look at the subculture that has shaped our changing attitudes toward the digital age--now in paperback! Douglas Thomas offers an in-depth history of this important and fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers with a detailed firsthand account of the computer underground. Thomas studies novels and films (Neuromancer, WarGames, Hackers, and The Matrix) and reveals contemporary views of hackers as technological wizards, high-tech pranksters, and virtual criminals. Thomas then examines the court cases of Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht to determine how hackers are defined as criminals. Thomas finds that popular hacker stereotypes express the public's anxieties about the information age far more than they do the reality of hacking. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Social Aspects - Computers | Security - Online Safety & Privacy - Computers | Security - General |
| Dewey: 306.1 |
| LCCN: 2001005377 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.9" W x 8.94" (0.80 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Douglas Thomas offers an in-depth history of this important and fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers with a detailed firsthand account of the computer underground. Thomas studies novels and films (Neuromancer, WarGames, Hackers, and The Matrix) and reveals contemporary views of hackers as technological wizards, high-tech pranksters, and virtual criminals. Thomas then examines the court cases of Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht to determine how hackers are defined as criminals. Thomas finds that popular hacker stereotypes express the public's anxieties about the information age far more than they do the reality of hacking. |