Hackers: Crime and the Digital Sublime / Edition 1

by Paul Taylor

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415180719
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/20/1999
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

Paul Taylor is lecturer in sociology at the University of Salford