It's the weekend, you have nothing to do so you decide to play around
on your computer. You turn it on and then start up, you start calling
people with your modem, connecting to another world, with people just like
you at a button press away. This is all fine but what happens when you
start getting into other peoples computer files. Then it becomes a crime,
but what is a computer crime really, obviously it involves the use of a
computer but what are these crimes. Well they are: Hacking, Phreaking, &
Software Piracy.
To begin I will start with Hacking, what is hacking. Hacking is
basically using your computer to 'Hack' your way into another. They use
programs called scanners which randomly dials numbers any generating tones
or carriers are recorded. These numbers are looked at by hackers and then
used again, when the hacker calls up the number and gets on he's presented
with a logon prompt, this is where the hacking really begins, the hacker
tries to bypass this anyway he knows how to and tries to gain access to the
system. Why do they do it, well lets go to a book and see 'Avid young
computer hackers in their preteens and teens are frequently involved in
computer crimes that take the form of trespassing, invasion of privacy, or
vandalism. Quite often they are mearly out for a fun and games evening, and
they get entangled in the illegal use of their machines without realizing
the full import of what they are doing', I have a hard time believing that
so lets see what a 'hacker' has to say about what he does 'Just as they
were enthraled with their pursuit of information, so are we. The thrill of
the hack is not...
Interesting paper but...
This was a interesting paper but was very bland as I read it. It needs more in depth view from other "hackers", and it does not describe the different ways of hacking, not all hacking is done by "dialing up numbers".
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