1st Edition

Hackers Crime and the Digital Sublime

By Paul Taylor Copyright 1999
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    The practice of computer hacking is increasingly being viewed as a major security dilemma in Western societies, by governments and security experts alike.
    Using a wealth of material taken from interviews with a wide range of interested parties such as computer scientists, security experts and hackers themselves, Paul Taylor provides a uniquely revealing and richly sourced account of the debates that surround this controversial practice. By doing so, he reveals the dangers inherent in the extremes of conciliation and antagonism with which society reacts to hacking and argues that a new middle way must be found if we are to make the most of society's high-tech meddlers.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Them and us; Chapter 2 Hacking culture; Chapter 3 The motivations of hackers; Chapter 4 State of the industry; Chapter 5 Them and us; Chapter 6 The professionalisation process; Chapter 7 The construction of computer ethics; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

    Biography

    Paul Taylor is lecturer in sociology at the University of Salford