1st Edition

Hackers Crime and the Digital Sublime

By Paul Taylor Copyright 1999
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

200 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... Read more
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