If we do not distinguish good from bad, if we fail to understand the make-up of such a complex group of people, how can we ever hope to limit black-hat hacking? A few years ago, there were a few short . . .
If we do not distinguish good from bad, if we fail to understand the make-up of such a complex group of people, how can we ever hope to limit black-hat hacking? A few years ago, there were a few short months when the public seemed almost able to grasp the fact that there are different kinds of hackers. Some arrests had been made, and media comments began to sound almost insightful as more attention was paid to the hacking phenomenon and its causes.

As hacker Latest News about hacker guru Kevin Mitnick gave interviews from jail and Eric Raymond released The New Hacker's Dictionary for public consumption, discussion about hacking flourished.

Alas, almost as soon as progress started, it was stymied.

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