ISBN:
9780745639727
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (170 p)
Series Statement:
DMS - Digital Media and Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Hacking : Digital Media and Technological Determinism
DDC:
302.231
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies.One the one hand, hackers infect the computers of the world, entering where they are not invited, taking over not just individual workstations but whole networks. On the other, hackers write the software that fuels the Internet, from the most popular web programmes to software fundamental to the Internet's existence. Beginning from an analysis of these two main types of hackers, categorised as crackers and Free Software/Open Source respectively, Tim J
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. The Hack; 2. Cracking: Black Hats on the Internet; 3. Free Software and Open Source: Collaboration, Objects and Property; 4. Hacking the Social: Hacktivism, Cyberwar, Cyberterror, Cybercrime; 5. Hacking the Non-Hack: Creative Commons, Hackers who don't programme, Programming Proletariat, Hacking Sub-Cultures and Nerds and Geeks; 6. The Meaning of Hacking; Further reading (all sources mentioned are in the list of references); References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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