[sudo-discuss] Today I Learned June 15: From Phone Phreaks to Wiki Leaks: A History of Ethical Hacking

[rusty lindgren]

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On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm teaching a class on June 15. Feel free to cross post to Public School,
> Noisebridge, etc..
>
> Sign up here if you are interested:
>
>
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#June_15:_From_Phone_Phreaks_to_Wiki_Leaks:_A_History_of_Ethical_Hacking
>
> Before "White Hat" hackers and "Black Hat" hackers there were "Ethical
> Hackers". These groups and individuals may not have always stayed within
> the confines of the law, but followed a well defined ethic. This is the
> story of MIT pranks, the golden age of the BBS, The Great Hacker War, Steve
> Jackson Games vs. The US Secret Service, Old school hacking tech ( Blue
> Boxing, Red Boxing, War Dialing, etc ), New Hack City and the rise of the
> Cult of The Dead Cow, Free Kevin!, Hacktivismo, and more...
>
>
> The Hacker Manifesto
>
> by
>
> +++The Mentor+++
>
> Written January 8, 1986
>
>
> Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested
> in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"...
>
>
> Damn kids. They're all alike.
>
>
> But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever
> take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made
> him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?
>
>
> I am a hacker, enter my world...
>
>
> Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the
> other kids, this crap they teach us bores me...
>
>
> Damn underachiever. They're all alike.
>
>
> I'm in junior high or high school. I've listened to teachers explain for
> the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. "No, Ms.
> Smith, I didn't show my work. I did it in my head..."
>
>
> Damn kid. Probably copied it. They're all alike.
>
>
> I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool.
> It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it
> up. Not because it doesn't like me... Or feels threatened by me.. Or thinks
> I'm a smart ass.. Or doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here...
>
>
> Damn kid. All he does is play games. They're all alike.
>
>
> And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through the
> phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is
> sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board
> is found. "This is it... this is where I belong..." I know everyone here...
> even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them
> again... I know you all...
>
>
> Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike...
>
>
> You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at
> school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip
> through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We've been dominated by sadists, or
> ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us
> willing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.
>
>
> This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the
> beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without
> paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering
> gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore... and you call us
> criminals. We seek after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist
> without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you
> call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder,
> cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet
> we're the criminals.
>
>
> Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of
> judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My
> crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me
> for.
>
>
> I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but
> you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.
>
>
>
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> http://roshambomedia.com
>
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Cheers,

Rusty Lindgren
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