Hackers - Crime and the Digital Sublime

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.

List of contents

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;

About the author

Paul Taylor is lecturer in sociology at the University of Salford

Summary

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 hacking.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Taylor
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.1999
• EAN: 9780415180719
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18071-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 560 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Computer fraud & hacking, Computer fraud and hacking