Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace
by Michelle Slatalla, Joshua Quittner
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Chronicles the most notorious gang war in cyberspace and offers a hacker's-eye view of the inner life of hackers.Tags
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Bruce Sterling's seminal work "The Hacker Crackdown" is a tough act to follow, but Masters of Deception does a pretty good job of doing just that - by discussing the split between the Hacker group The Legion of Doom and The Masters of Deception - with a split over philosophy (among other things) - should Hackers be about elitism - whose Kung Fu is the strongest, or should it be about exploration and sharing knowledge, the original hacker spirit.
Great read. Gives a weird kind of nostalgia, with parallels seen in Brazil too.
Masters of deception: the gang that ruled cyberspace.
By Michelle Slatalla and Joshua Quittner
I rated this book an eight/ten.
By Michelle Slatalla and Joshua Quittner
I rated this book an eight/ten.
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Michelle Slatalla is a columnist for The New York Times's Thursday Styles section.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace
- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Mark (Phiber Optik); Paul (Scorpion); Eli (Acid Phreak); John (Corrupt); Julio (Outlaw); Chris (Erik Bloodaxe) (show all 7); Tom Kaiser
- Important places
- New York, USA; Texas, USA
- Dedication
- To Zoe and Ella
- First words
- You get a crazy-fast busy signal, like on Mother's Day when all the long-distance lines are jammed.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)This is the conspiracy.
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- Genres
- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 364.1 — Society, Government, and Culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses
- LCC
- HV6773.25 .N5 .S53 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
- BISAC
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- Popularity
- 65,095
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.64)
- Languages
- English, German, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 3
