The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic FrontierYou are about to descend into a strange netherworld - one that sprang into existence when computers were first connected to telephones. This place has no physical location; it exists only in the networks that bind together its population. Like any frontier, it is home to a wide range of personalities, from legitimate computer professionals to those known only by their noms de net; denizens like Knight Lightning, Leftist, Compu-Phreak, Major Havoc, and Silver Spy; groups like the Lords of Chaos, Phantom Access Associates, Shadow Brotherhood, and the Coalition of Hi-Tech Pirates. This is not normal space, but "cyberspace." And if you use a computer, cyberspace is moving inexorably closer to you with each passing day. |
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The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier Bruce Sterling Limited preview - 2020 |
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier Bruce Sterling No preview available - 2002 |
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