Hackers: Crime and the Digital Sublime

Hackers: Crime and the Digital Sublime
ISBN-10
1134678266
ISBN-13
9781134678266
Series
Hackers
Category
Social Science
Pages
218
Language
English
Published
2012-11-12
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Paul Taylor

Description

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.

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