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Conference noted::hackers_v1

Title:	-={ H A C K E R S }=-
Notice:	Write locked - see NOTED::HACKERS
Moderator:	DIEHRD::MORRIS

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 03 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	680
Total number of notes:	5456

3.0. "Hackers/Programmers in the Media" by VAXUUM::DYER () Wed Feb 08 1984 14:44

	The first media coverage of "hacking" that most people can remember
is the publishing of the "Hacker Papers" in _Psychology_Today_.  There has
been a number of publications and articles on it.
	The first two replies to this note are about the media coverage
of hackers and the programming community in general.
		<_Jym_>

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	Several notes and replies in this young NOTESfile touch on the increasing use of the term "hacker" by the popular press to denote a person who breaks into computer systems for sport. I'm afraid this connotation is becoming endemic to Digital as well; witness the following excerpt from an article in "Mountain Views," (the HLO equivalent to "Digital This Week"), May 1984. ...There is a parallel between the way computer hacking and shoplifting has evolved in our society. Do you remember when shoplifting was wrong because it really was stealing but stores did not prosecute, and if they had tried they probably would have been laughed out of court. Shortly after that the stores got fed up and started putting out "shoplifting is a crime" signs. Well, several states are enacting legislation that says, "hacking is a crime." ... Luis Vigil If "hacking" were a crime, most of us would be in the slammer for life! -- Roger

Several notes and replies in this young NOTESfile touch on the increasing use 
of the term "hacker" by the popular press to denote a person who breaks into 
computer systems for sport.  I'm afraid this connotation is becoming endemic
to Digital as well; witness the following excerpt from an article in "Mountain
Views," (the HLO equivalent to "Digital This Week"), May 1984. 

     ...There is a parallel between the way computer hacking and
     shoplifting has evolved in our society.  Do you remember when
     shoplifting was wrong because it really was stealing but stores did
     not prosecute, and if they had tried they probably would have been
     laughed out of court.  Shortly after that the stores got fed up and
     started putting out "shoplifting is a crime" signs.  Well, several
     states are enacting legislation that says, "hacking is a crime." 
     ...

					Luis Vigil

If "hacking" were a crime, most of us would be in the slammer for life!

					-- Roger